Martin O'Neill, who is still considering his future at Villa Park, should be praised for the work he is doing at Aston Villa, according to Everton boss David Moyes. The Northern Irishman has not given any guarantees about his future but Moyes feels his managerial counterpart deserves nothing but praise for the way he goes about his business.

He said: "Martin O'Neill is really important to Aston Villa. It is not his position that is in jeopardy, that's for sure.

"To get his team to a cup final, another semi-final and to be challenging for fourth, he has done a brilliant job.

"He has a really good team, who will always score goals because of the way they play. He speaks the truth. He says what he feels.

"I think if you asked most clubs in the country would they like Martin as manager, they would say yes."