Liverpool have been told that they will have to make "an attractive proposition" if they are to lure Darren Bent away from Aston Villa this month.

Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish believes it is unlikely any of his top players will leave the club this month as Bent continues to be linked with a move to Merseyside.

James Collins is also believed to be a target for several Premier League clubs, but speaking to Sky Sports News, McLeish revealed he is happy with his current squad, and is in no rush to make changes between now and the end of January.

"Am I wanting to do [transfer] business? I am not pushing," he said.

"I am not in any hurry to lose any of my players.

"Only if it was an attractive proposition would we do anything so it’s very unlikely we would let any of our players go.

"I am happy with my squad. Like every other manager in the world, we’re all greedy for players.

"If we had our way, we’d probably have 100 players at our disposal.

"But I certainly think it’s a strong squad, a lot of young players who have learnt a lot over the past few months, and that augurs well as we go into the second half of the season.

"We are still steering a ship in terms of managing the wages. Randy is adamant about that and I agreed to work for the club on that basis.

"We are steering towards a wage stability and we're still heading in that direction. I have agreed to the parameters and the way that the club wants to be run. We will keep doing that."