Martin O’Neill has confirmed Curtis Davies’ contract situation at Aston Villa.

The defender’s agent revealed last week that the player is due new terms when he reaches 60 games, but he is out of action with a shoulder injury on 58 appearances.

The agent, Phil Sproson, believes Villa should show some leeway and offer a new deal now, and O’Neill was surprised he went public with this opinion.

"I always thought that it was private information with a contract but if the agent of a player chooses to divulge them then that's entirely up to them,” said O’Neill.

"He's due a re-negotiation of a contract if he plays 60 games. I don't really want to bring this into the public domain, but I think that we've pretty well looked after players here.

“The agent knows where we stand and what we were looking at. He has chosen now to come out and tell these things and that's entirely up to him.

"The fact is I do not deny that the stipulation in his contract is an 'X' number of games which is 60. I didn't know that at the time until the agent reminded me."

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