Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill admits Liverpool could try again for midfielder Gareth Barry in January.

He said: "It is not that I am not sure about what we would like to do, it is that I am not sure about other people. Who is to say that Liverpool would not have come back in in January.

"I just don't know. I don't want to be making absolute statements and then finding out you are eating a fair dose of humble pie about two days later."