O’Leary gets major boost as Villa prepare to roll out Baros

DAVID O’LEARY’S striking options could receive a double boost heading into Aston Villa’s Premiership trip to Portsmouth tonight (7.45pm).

Villa are on the verge of signing Liverpool striker Milan Baros after the Reds last night finally accepted an offer of around £6million (€8.8m).

O’Leary has been tracking the Czech international for several weeks as he looks to bolster a strike force of only two senior players, Kevin Phillips and Juan Pablo Angel, and will hope the move is concluded in time for Baros to debut in Saturday’s home clash with Blackburn.