Maloney reunited with O'Neill

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill completed his fourth transaction during the January transfer window with a couple of minutes to spare when he signed Celtic striker Shaun Maloney in a £1m (€1.5m) deal.

The 24-year-old, a product of Celtic’s youth system who played under O’Neill during his spell in charge at Parkhead, has put pen to paper on a three-and-a-half-year deal which will keep him at Villa Park until the summer of 2010.