Andi Weimann is urging Aston Villa teammates Ron Vlaar and Fabian Delph to stay.

The striker wants the out of contract pair to ignore any potential moves and stick with Paul Lambert's side.

He said: "Ron is our captain so everyone knows he's important so hopefully he'll stay. He's in the middle of our team and we hope he'll stay.

"He knows we all want him to stay and I'm sure the gaffer and everyone else will try and get him to stay." When asked if Villa's new style could also help convince Delph to stay Weimann added: "Everyone is enjoying the way we're playing at the moment. We can keep going and keep improving.

"I think at the start of the season we didn't have as much of the ball and we were defending for most of the games but in the last five games we've had more possession than the other teams and I think everyone's enjoying playing out from the back and we're all comfortable doing it."