It's Beattie or bust for O'Leary

Aston Villa manager David O’Leary will abandon the search to bolster his threadbare strikeforce until the summer if he fails to win the race for Southampton’s Jame Beattie next month.

Beattie has to decide whether to move to either Villa or Everton after both clubs lodged £6m (€8.5m) bids with the Saints.