Source: Team_Talk
O'Neill: Blues must up bid for Craig
After Sunday's 0-0 Premier League draw with West Ham at Villa Park, O'Neill confirmed that Villa had rejected a bid from Blues - believed to be in the region of £3million - for former England Under-21 international Gardner.[LNB]O'Neill said: "Birmingham have made an inquiry and they have also made a bid. The bid as it stands hasn't been accepted.[LNB]"There have also been other enquiries which haven't been followed up with a bid.[LNB]"I would love to keep Craig but he wants to play and if the two clubs can agree on things, he probably would go."[LNB]Gardner is understood to be keen to leave Villa Park and make a cross-city switch to St Andrew's in pursuit of regular first-team football.[LNB]The 23-year-old has featured only three times under Martin O'Neill this season - starting the 1-0 Europa League qualifying defeat at Rapid Vienna in August and the 1-0 Carling Cup third-round home win over Cardiff in September, while he also played as a late substitute in the 5-1 demolition of Bolton in early November.[LNB]Wolves and Stoke are also believed to be interested in Gardner.[LNB][LNB]
