Gary Cahill insists his future remains at Aston Villa, despite signing a three-month loan deal with Sheffield United yesterday.

"I'm perfectly happy at Villa, I just need games," he told the club's official website. "My career's going fine but I felt what was important was keeping it going by playing games.

"The most important thing for me was playing for a big club that's doing well."

Cahill will join ex-Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie at the Blades and says the midfielder helped him opt to join Bryan Robson's side.

"He said the manager and players are great and the manager gives good advice and that helped me make my decision," he added.