Martin O'Neill: Aston Villa rumours will never stop

Future always in doubt: Villa boss Martin O'NeillAston Villa boss Martin O'Neill accepts the speculation surrounding his future may never go away.O'Neill ended last season with massive question marks over whether he would still be at Villa Park for the forthcoming campaign.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.But O'Neill says he would not be surprised if doubts about his future surfaced again. He told the Birmingham Mail: 'I've never worried about looking for votes of confidence or anything like that.'I've never bothered about it in the past and certainly now, as I get older, I'm less concerned about it than ever.'Who's to say it (the speculation) has gone away? This is the nature of the game.'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.'But really I've known this for a long, long time about the nature of football management. That's not unusual to me.' 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

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