Fit-again Petrov raring to go

Aston Villa midfielder Stiliyan Petrov is back in training and confident he will be available for the Barclays Premiership clash at Newcastle on January 31.

Petrov, signed by Villa manager Martin O’Neill from Celtic for £8m (€12.1m) in August, has been left out of the side for the games with Manchester United and Watford to recover from a niggling hamstring problem.