Martin O'Neill has dismissed reports linking the midlands club with Valencia striker Nikola Zigic.

The Aston Villa manager was said to have made a €6.3 million offer for the forward but O'Neill insisted the reports were without foundation.

"There's not a grain of truth in the story that we've put in an offer for the player and I don't know where it is coming from," O'Neill told the club's official website.

"I don't even know who the player's agent is. I wouldn't normally comment but there have been so many stories claiming this as fact and people have been quoted.

"They're completely wide of the mark. So I felt I had to put the record straight."