Villa boss O’Neill warns Friedel against management

Aston Villa goalkeeper Brad Friedel has been warned against entering management by Martin O'Neill.

Friedel admits coaching is something that attracts him.

But O'Neill told the Sunday Mercury: “I enjoy the job, it’s terrific.

“However, I said somewhat sarcastically some time ago, when somebody asked me, that I hadn’t enjoyed the game for 20 years. But it would be nice to be playing again.

‘‘First of all, it would mean that you’re young and, secondly, it would mean that you’d be enjoying yourself... because there’s nothing like playing.

“I’ve told any would-be managers in our midst, I’m talking about on the playing side, anybody who has got a thought about managing at all, I’ve just said to them, ‘don’t bother’.”