Aston Villa tell Liverpool to up their offer to end the Gareth Barry transfer stalemate.

Aston Villa have rejected an improved offer from Liverpool for England midfielder Gareth Barry, saying that the bid is still way short of their valuation of their captain.

The 27-year-old was …

Gareth Barry’s relationship with Aston Villa further disintegrated when manager Martin O’Neill excluded the England midfielder from the start of pre-season training and rejected a fourth offer from Liverpool.

Aston Villa have turned down a “renewed offer” from Liverpool for midfielder Gareth Barry.

Liverpool have yet to make progress in their bid to land Gareth Barry and insist they have not made a ‘final’ offer.

Martin O’Neill has conceded that Gareth Barry will be allowed to fulfil his wish to join Liverpool – for the right price.

Gareth Barry insists there is ‘no going back’ on his demand to quit Aston Villa to join Liverpool.

I was trying to save my comments on the now ex-Villa captain until he’d a tually packed his bags and run off with his bench warmer in hand. But today’s newspapers are carrying quotes from egotistic captain, and I think it needs some kind of response.

I imagine that you, dear reader, are probably as fed up as the Gareth Barry ‘saga’ as myself. From Liverpool’s dogged far too public approaches to their constant bidding below the value of the player. We’ve set the fee now – it’s up to them to either find the money of go and bother someone else. So I promise this will be the last thing I say on the former Villa captain until he has finally taken up residence in Steven Gerrard’s spare room.

Liverpool will make a new bid to sign Aston Villa captain Gareth Barry, BBC Sport understands.