Reo-Coker: Villa in safe hands

Nigel Reo-Coker insists Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill will have “many leaders to choose from” if he has to find a replacement for midfielder Gareth Barry as skipper.

Reo-Coker was given the captain’s armband for Saturday’s Intertoto Cup victory over Odense BK at Villa Park and admits he would be “very flattered” if offered the post permanently.