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Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner backs under-fire manager Paul Lambert

Image: Paul Lambert: Dumped out of two cup competitions in a week

Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner has publicly backed Paul Lambert in the wake of the club's recent slump in form.

Lerner admits there is little time left to strengthen his squad in the January window and said: "At this minute there's not much really happening. There's been guys we went for who have gone to other clubs. "How many players are we short? There's a few. But I knew the remit of the job was to rebuild. To rebuild something you have to strip it right back. "But if you are asking me if there will be a vast amount of money available during the rest of the transfer window, there won't be." There could yet be departures this week, though, with both Alan Hutton and Stephen Warnock linked with moves elsewhere. Lambert said: "There are things going on at the moment on that side of it, but Stephen and Alan are here at the minute until I hear otherwise." To find out more about live football on Sky sports, Click here