Barry set for icy O’Neill reunion

ASTON VILLA outcast Gareth Barry returns to training today for the first time since his fall-out with boss Martin O’Neill over the Liverpool transfer saga.

Villa went to the extent of announcing skipper Barry’s return in an official statement, saying that the midfielder would be returning to training at the club’s Bodymoor Heath HQ.

O’Neill had initially fined Barry a reported two-weeks’ wages of £60,000 (€75,586) and banned him from all club premises almost two weeks ago after the player had launched an attack on his manager’s handling of the on-going row over his proposed move to Liverpool.