Source: SKY_Sports
Lerner expects O'Neill stay
Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner is confident Martin O'Neill will remain with the club.
O'Neill has been in charge at Villa Park for three seasons and has built a team that challenged for UEFA Champions League qualification in 2008/9.
They eventually had to settle for a place in the Europa League after finishing behind Everton in sixth.
O'Neill has earned rave reviews for the work he has done and his name is often linked with top jobs that become available.
However, Lerner does not pay any attention to the rumours and is looking forward to working with O'Neill for a long time to come.
"He is in demand, but I expect Martin to be with Villa and I don't see beyond that expectation," the American businessman said in The People.
"I don't think about speculation with other clubs, I think about him with Villa.
"He is an ambitious man, but that's what you want."
Lerner believes O'Neill can fulfil his ambitions with Villa and has set his sights on an even more successful 2009/10 campaign.
Ashley Young scooped the PFA Young Player of the Year award and Lerner thinks such recognition is a sign of Villa's progression.
He explained: "Individual awards are stepping stones to team accolades and part of the slowly, slowly philosophy we are trying to build.
"Next season we just want to try to come back stronger."
