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\"Ashley Villa are eager to keep hold of Young (l) & Reo-Coker<\/span> <\/p>\n

Aston Villa caretaker manager Gary McAllister has said the club will do “everything” they can to keep England winger Ashley Young.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old, who has one year left on his contract, has been linked with a move to Manchester United.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think it’s inevitable Ashley will go. We will do everything we can to keep him here,” McAllister said.<\/p>\n

The Scot added that the club will hold talks with midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, who is out of contract in the summer.<\/p>\n

Young has blossomed into a full England international at Aston Villa, but is yet to play in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

And McAllister, who had a taste of Europe’s top club competition at the end of his career with Liverpool, said he understood the attraction of joining a top-four club.<\/p>\n

“The grass is also not always greener somewhere else but we are not silly. We have to be realistic,” he commented.<\/p>\n

“All players have ambition to play in the Champions League. We can’t give them that. It’s a goal but we all know how difficult it is to get up there.<\/p>\n

“You can always understand the lure of playing in that competition. I managed to get a touch of it as a balding old man and it is a great experience.”<\/p>\n

McAllister, who is deputising for boss Gerard Houllier while he recovers from illness, added that Reo-Coker’s contract situation was also high on his agenda.<\/p>\n

The Scot stated: “We spoke the last time in November, December but we’re fully aware of the situation and we’ll be looking to speak to Nigel over the next two or three weeks.<\/p>\n

“He’s a player who’s been very committed since we’ve arrived, when he’s been in the team and out of the team.<\/p>\n

“He’s actually won his place in the team by the way he’s gone about his training in the week and I applaud that.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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