Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill is open to more big-money signings coming to the club in January. "One of the two or three best pieces of business we did was in January 2007. It has turned out brilliantly," said O'Neill to the Birmingham Mail.

"We swapped Milan Baros for John Carew and brought in Ashley Young for a lot of money. He has gone on to at least double his value. The two of them have been godsends.

"There is no reason why that might not happen again."