Aston Villa's Alex Mcleish insists Darren Bent, James Collins and other key players are likely to remain at club beyond the transfer window

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish has revealed it is very unlikely that any of his key players will leave the club during the January transfer window.

Some of Villa’s players have been linked with moves away from Villa Park this month, but McLeish does not want to lose the likes of Darren Bent to Liverpool and James Collins to QPR or Sunderland.

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The Scot is happy with the players at his disposal and doesn’t see any great rush to change the personnel at the club, unless he receives an offer he can't refuse.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, McLeish said: “Am I wanting to do [transfer] business? I am not pushing.

"I am not in any hurry to lose any of my players.

“Only if it was an attractive proposition would we do anything so it’s very unlikely we would let any of our players go.

“I am happy with my squad. Like every other manager in the world, we’re all greedy for players.

"If we had our way, we’d probably have 100 players at our disposal.

“But I certainly think it’s a strong squad, a lot of young players who have learnt a lot over the past few months, and that augurs well as we go into the second half of the season.

“We are still steering a ship in terms of managing the wages. Randy is adamant about that and I agreed to work for the club on that basis.

"We are steering towards a wage stability and we're still heading in that direction. I have agreed to the parameters and the way that the club wants to be run. We will keep doing that."