O`Neill set to be offered new deal

15 augustus 2006, 09:10

Koen Freriks

Aston Villa manager Martin O`Neill is to be offered "the longest managerial contract in the Premiership" if American billionaire Randy Lerner's 62.6million takeover goes through.

A spokesman for Lerner, chairman of the MBNA credit card company and owner of the Cleveland Browns, claimed the Irishman would be offered a six-year deal - he is currently on a one-year rolling contract at Villa Park.

The spokesman told the Daily Mirror: "Martin is going to be offered a new long-term deal. It will be the longest managerial contract in the Premiership."