Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier is "quite happy" for winger Ashley Young to delay talks over a new contract until next summer. The Frenchman is conscious of Young "needing to know about the ambition of the club" before deciding on his future. Young had intimated earlier this month he was ready to commit his future to Villa, while Houllier was confident a contract would be signed "sooner rather than later". But the player announced he wanted to concentrate on his football and any talks over a potential new deal would not happen until the end of the campaign. The England international will then have only 12 months remaining of the four-year deal he signed in 2008. Houllier said: "I am quite happy with what Ashley has said. He loves the fans here, he enjoys his football and, since I've come here, he very much enjoys the way he is progressing. I am quite happy with what he has said, that he wants to concentrate on his football and talk about it (his contract) at the end of the season. "I am happy. He looks happy. He is fine. He enjoys his football and you know when you are not happy, you don't improve. All I can see is he is a major part of our team but also a major part of our atmosphere and is lively and jovial. We like that, the way he behaves."
Source: PA
Source: PA