O'Neill accepts Barry could go

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Villa had hoped the Barry saga was over on Wednesday when Liverpool missed an agreed deadline to make an acceptable offer for the England international.

But after a further meeting with the player and his agent, O'Neill has reluctantly accepted that the player's proposed switch to Anfield could now go ahead.

O'Neill said: "On Thursday there was a meeting between Gareth's agent, myself and the player. They still felt that even though the deadline had passed they still felt Liverpool were going to come in and do the deal.

"Obviously I was disappointed to hear that. Gareth's head is a bit all over the place at the moment and they asked for some more time."

He continued: "I listened to what they've said and I'll go with it - reluctantly but I'll go with it.

"There will be no deadline and Liverpool have all the time in the world now to sign Gareth Barry. They've got up to the normal window, which is the 31st of this month."