O'Neill slams Reds bid for Barry

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O'Neill confirmed on Friday he has received an offer from Liverpool for the Villa skipper at a time when Villa are competing for UEFA Cup qualification.

The former Celtic boss told the club's official website: "I'm particularly disappointed to hear that business is being conducted in public and I just want to be clear on this in that we're trying to build a side here and we're not a feeder club."

He added: "Gareth Barry still has two years of his contract left to run and from my two years' experience of working with him, he's not one who would be wanting to break contracts lightly.

"Liverpool haven't made a straight cash offer. They have made an offer involving a mish-mash of nameless player exchanges.

"We want to be trying to challenge. At some stage we want to get to the position that this football club once held. That will demand an awful lot of effort. It will take a supreme effort and it will take very, very good players."

The Villa chief is understood to be interested in bringing Liverpool striker Peter Crouch back to Villa Park.

Goalkeeper Scott Carson, currently on loan at Villa, and defender John Arne Riise could also come into the equation if a cash-plus-players deal materialises.