Aston Villa look set to renew their interest in Chelsea winger
Shaun Wright-Phillips in the summer, despite missing out this
January.
Villans boss Martin O'Neill has confirmed the club made a move for
the former Manchester City attacker, but that the player had only
been willing to make a temporary move to Villa Park as he looks to
fight for his future at Stamford Bridge.
O'Neill has since signed winger Ashley Young from Watford, but
despite the addition O'Neill has suggested he will make another
move for the fringe Blues man when the transfer window reopens at
the end of the season.
"We did make a bid for Wright-Phillips - but I must stress this was
in addition to anything we were trying to sort out with Ashley
Young," O'Neill explained.
"It wasn't a case of Wright-Phillips instead of Young. Absolutely
not.
"In terms of a permanent move, Wright-Phillips wanted more time to
think about it and I can understand that. However, the loan was
something he was interested in and, you never know we might revisit
it during the summer."
It's back to league action next for Villa though, with Young set to
make his debut in the club's visit to take on Newcastle United on
Wednesday.