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Randy Lerner has NOT put Villa up for sale, chief executive Paul Faulkner has confirmed.

Faulkner, who is in daily contact with Lerner , denied reports in a national newspaper that the American chairman/owner is actively looking to sell for £200 million.

He said there is no suggestion Lerner wants to find a buyer for the club he took over from Doug Ellis in August 2006, nor has he instructed anybody to search for interested parties.

Chief executive Paul Faulkner said: “I can categorically confirm that Aston Villa Football Club has absolutely not been put up for sale and that Randy Lerner is not actively looking to sell the club.”

Lerner bought Villa for £62.6 million and has since invested more than £250 million in the playing squad and improvements at Villa Park and Bodymoor Heath over the past seven years and a half years.