Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov has made a plea to manager Martin O’Neill to stay at Villa Park next season. O’Neill is reportedly at odds with the club’s owner Randy Lerner and is said to be contemplating a move away from the Midlands outfit in the summer.

I’m sure the manager is not short of propositions from other clubs – but we all want him to stay as he has done a great job here and he’s a great man as well,”

“Hopefully, after the summer meeting, he will still be here.”