Comers’ Villa deal still alive

THE consortium striving to buy Aston Villa have rubbished reports the £64m bid for the midlands club has collapsed.

Sources close to Irish property magnates Brian and Luke Comer insist claims the deal was dead and buried were “totally wrong and “not true” and that both sides were “still talking.”

There has been speculation the consortium, which also includes Villa fan and frontman Michael Neville, are around £10m short of meeting the asking price.

Villa chairman Doug Ellis has indicated he’s willing to sell after more than two decades at the helm if any interested parties can meet the asking price.

It was hoped the takeover would be completed by Christmas and there have since been claims and counter-claims from both sides as to how close a deal is to being struck.