Martin O'Neill: Aston Villa rumours will never stop

06 August 2010 10:02
Future always in doubt: Villa boss Martin O'Neill[LNB]Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill accepts the speculation surrounding his future may never go away.[LNB]O'Neill ended last season with massive question marks over whether he would still be at Villa Park for the forthcoming campaign.[LNB]Club owner Randy Lerner quickly dispelled those rumours and gave the Northern Irishman a vote of confidence at his briefing at the end of the season.[LNB]But O'Neill says he would not be surprised if doubts about his future surfaced again. [LNB]He told the Birmingham Mail: 'I've never worried about looking for votes of confidence or anything like that.[LNB]'I've never bothered about it in the past and certainly now, as I get older, I'm less concerned about it than ever.[LNB]'Who's to say it (the speculation) has gone away? This is the nature of the game.[LNB]'You're in it. You're judged. You're judged on the last 25 minutes of the last game you've played. It's not a problem to me.[LNB]'But really I've known this for a long, long time about the nature of football management. That's not unusual to me.'[LNB] Martin O'Neill insists: I did not force Emile Heskey to stop playing for EnglandWest Brom to rescue Nicky Shorey from his Aston Villa nightmareSign up to our FREE Fantasy Football game - with £40,000 in prize money up for grabsASTON VILLA FC

Source: Daily_Mail