Gareth Barry remains desperate to join Liverpool and has blasted Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill for making no effort to persuade him to stay.
The England midfielder has made no secret of his desire for the regular
Champions League football on offer at Anfield.
But despite his pleas to the Villa hierarchy to allow him to leave, the
midlanders have remained entrenched and rejected a reported £15million bid from
the Reds earlier this month.
Barry told the News of the World: 'My mind's made up, I want to join
Liverpool.
'There's no going back, it's time for me to move on. I'm desperate to play
Champions League football and that's why I have to leave Villa.'
O'Neill has been openly critical of Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez over his
pursuit of the Villa skipper.
But despite O'Neill's public posturing, a scornful Barry insists nothing has
been done to get him to remain at Villa Park.
'Villa kept saying they wanted me to stay but I have not heard from the
manager for weeks,' he claimed.
'It's seven weeks now since the season finished but while the gaffer's found
time to be a pundit for the BBC at Euro 2008, he hasn't found the time to speak
to me.
'Have Villa offered me anything to try to persuade me my future is at Villa
Park, not Anfield? Not a thing.'
