Villa manager Martin O’Neill is expecting midfielder Gareth Barry to make no decision on his future until after England’s two summer internationals.

The skipper has only 12 months left on his current deal and has made no secret of his desire to play Champions League football.

Villa are understood to have offered him a new four-year contract worth around £65,000 per week, but would also be willing to write off a possible £12million transfer fee for the England midfielder – if it meant keeping him for the final year of this current contract.

Barry, 28, looked set to join Liverpool in an £18million move last summer, only for the Reds to pull out after being unable to match Villa’s asking price.

O’Neill accepts the former Brighton trainee is unlikely to decide on his plans until after the World Cup qualifying double header with Kazakhstan and Andorra early next month.

The manager said: “I’m sure he won’t get his head around everything until those two World Cup games are over.”