Premier League - Young signs for United
Manchester United have signed England forward Ashley Young from Aston Villa on a five-year deal.
A club statement read: "Manchester United is delighted to announce it has reached agreement with Aston Villa for the transfer of Ashley Young.
"The player passed a medical in Manchester this week and has agreed a five-year contract."
There was no mention of a transfer fee. It has been reported that Villa will receive around £15 million for the England international.
Young said in an interview with MUTV that he will miss Villa, but "the opportunity to come and play for one of the biggest clubs in the world is one I couldn't turn down".
"It's a chance to... hopefully become part of the history by helping to win the 20th title," he said.
"It's a prospect I always looked at from being a child: to play for one of the biggest clubs in the world. I've got that opportunity now so I've just got to take it with two hands."
England defender Rio Ferdinand, who helped United seal a record 19th English title this season, described Young as "another top, hungry and young player" on Twitter.
It is United's second English signing this month, having brought in defender Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers.
The 25-year-old Young, who can play as a left winger or second striker, will give manager Alex Ferguson more options in attack as the club seek to build on last season's title and Champions League final appearance.
The speedy Young, who joined Villa in early 2007 from Watford, scored seven goals for the Midlands club last season and provided the highest number of assists for them in their league campaign with 11.
Having made his England debut in November 2007, he did not make Fabio Capello's squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa but has been back in the frame for his country's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
In the most recent of his 15 England caps, he came off the bench to change the game against Switzerland earlier this month, scoring the equaliser in a 2-2 draw and injecting some energy into a struggling team.
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see af i had £15m quid, a wood buy a pub...& not let anyboday in. hoos tha barman? thats that paraletac fela lyin aganst tha froot machine.
com.577, SHAUN knows the truth!
@ DJ Jennings and @#$% de Milo............we got 2 players Liverpool wanted young and Jones for less than what u Muppets paid for that donkey Carrol u bitter kopites!! and as far as trying to by the league...................explain how exactly we buy the league were no rich Arab sheik/russian billionaire play thing we won things to be where we are!!
welcome to the bench,at least you,ll get to see the games for free ,better get yourself a cushion
dodesinclairfaepossil you can try mate but retarded f,uck wits like you cant even wipe your own arse,hole much lee throw a punch. Now go back to your brightly colored balls the adults are talking here
How about my team Arsenal?Why can't they buy?really are we going to compete this season for the title?
lol @ how upset Venus De Milo, is getting because he chose utd over the scousers.he's been on here now for two days with his bitter rant .typical scousers ha ha
Ashley Young, one look at Loserpoo and he said @#$% off!
When Watford sold Young to Villa, it was the talk of the office as we are Watford based. Everyone laughed when I said that I'd like to place a £100 bet that one day he'd play for United!
How I wish I had placed that bet!
Does anyone know what kind of odds would I have got?
He we go again same old utd trying to bye the league again
dj
They only bought young because they thought Liverpool wanted him. Kenny is laughing his head off.
Stupid mancs.
hahahaha its only Young average player 3 left wingers lmao Nani is a better left winger as is Valencia dont see where young would fit into the Manure team. Maybe someone to talk to Owen on the bench.
Violent torpedo of Truth - I would love to meet you I would smack fu,ck out of ya
wat a m top nightt i had boys, im p!ssed and st0ned out my box, we smok some awesome skunk tonight with th chepe vodka from tesco, top a top night got my kn0b sucked by some burd in the clubwp peecs[
please bring another player,central midfilder,playmaker than it would be perfect..
We are man utd We do as we are told
ha ha hilarious
craig comment 584
what a bitter and twisted little man you are , one would think you are from liverpool
wow the scousers come out of the woodwork like cockroaches , pathetic little c,unts
Ha Shaun . . . can't believe you took so long to say so little ! The analytical skills of a spanner .
lol @ phopar - u mean faux pas u numpty
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