Former Aston Villa chairman Sir Doug Ellis says club owner Randy Lerner still has his support.

Sir Doug - who was nicknamed 'Deadly' - refused to call for the head of Paul Lambert.

"When I sold the club to Randy Lerner I made a promise that I would be there at any time if he wanted to call me and that I would not interfere," he told the Birmingham Mail.

"I must not give the wrong impression about how the club is being run.

"I have faith in Randy being a very good chairman who has put his money where his mouth is.

"So we have to let him let his people run the club. But am I worried about our position as any other supporter would be?

"Yes, because we are not in a very good position in plain English."