Last Updated: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:26
Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill will wait until the end of the season before making a decision on the future of Scott Carson.
England goalkeeper Carson is on loan from Liverpool and as yet no talks about whether he will sign permanently have taken place.
The 22-year-old said recently he wanted to put down roots and did not want to go out on loan again having had temporary stints at Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton.
O'Neill is relaxed about the situation and knows Liverpool will have the ultimate say but is prepared to wait until the summer before opening talks with Carson and Anfield officials.
O'Neill said: "We have Scott until the end of the season and when we talked about it in the first place, there was no decision going to be made one way or another until the end of the season.
"Now, of course, if someone does very well then there is talk about 'can you hurry this on?' or if someone is not doing so cleverly then the talk is 'well, what are you doing about it?'
"That is a natural question for people to ask me - but an unnatural one to answer.
"I will wait until the end of the season. Liverpool are heavily involved now in competitions so we will wait and then all parties will sit down."