Young interest grows - Reports

The England star has already told Villa that he will not even talk about a new deal until the summer, at which point he will have 12 months left on his deal. It is understood that Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool kicked off the interest last week then they reaffirmed their interest in the winger, when they also enquired about his team-mate Stewart Downing. However, Liverpool are not the only club hoping that Villa would be ready to sell Young this month. Almost all of the top-five are understood to be keen, with only Manchester City not showing an interest in landing the former Watford man. Skysports.com claims that Liverpool's enquiry was followed up by two notes of interest from rival clubs - but it remains to be seen if he will leave this month. Villa have lodged a bid of £18million for Sunderland's Darren Bent, whilst they are also keen on Wigan duo Hugo Rodallega and Maynor Figueroa, Blackpool's Charlie Adam, and Blackburn's Chris Samba - but it remains to be seen whether any incomings would have to be offset by sales.