Aston Villa chairman Randy Lerner's media ban continues to frustrate Premiership reporters.

The Daily Mail says Lerner - frequently acclaimed as a model foreign football club proprietor - continues to infuriate the Midlands electronic media by his refusal to do any TV or radio interviews, despite the millions of pounds they pay for their football rights.

Lerner, who is prepared to meet with the written Press once a year at Villa Park, hasn't spoken live into a microphone since he claimed he was misinterpreted following a family tragedy in the U.S.