by Birmingham Mail



Luke Young jetted off to Portugal with the rest of the Aston Villa squad this afternoon with an offer from Liverpool still on the table.

The 31-year-old right back is mulling over a move to Anfield after Villa accepted a £2.5 million bid from Roy Hodgson's reds.

Young is believed to be agonising over his decision because he fears being stuck on the bench if he joins the Merseyside giants.

The former Middlesborough defender has fallen out of favour at Villa Park since losing his place to converted centre-back Carlos Cuellar.

And Young would be reluctant to go to Liverpool if he was behind Glen Johnson and Jamie Caragher in the pecking order for the right back role.

Martin O'Neill insisted that Young joined up with the squad for the Guadiana Cup in order to boost his pre-season fitness.