Aston Villa are planning a bid for West Ham United midfielder Scott Parker.
The Guardian says Villa are the latest club to show an interest in signing Parker from West Ham United next month.
Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have both been linked with Parker, who is valued at around £8m, but it has emerged that Villa are also considering competing for the 29-year-old's signature after monitoring his impressive performances in the centre of the West Ham midfield this season.
Martin O'Neill identified the absence of an authentic holding player - the position where Parker has excelled at West Ham - among his favoured four-man midfield earlier this month.