Ashley Young: Staying or going?

[Shrek]

I thought it was a Young/Lennon swap deal that was being mooted as the latest bollocks rumour?

What I heard too.

Ash is a more versatile player, but Lennon is a much better winger in my opinion.

Lennon would be useless to us as he can only play in Albrightons position.
So no thanks I'd rather super Marc.

[SoccerHQ]

Not so long ago, Norm in Canada (?) started a thread posing the question - 'what if we sold Ashley Young and used the money to improve the squad'? He was absolutely, and almost unanimously, slated. How quickly things change....

True but he was arguably the best left winger in the prem at the time. I think Norm posted that thread around the time of the Everton away game.

I don't rate him playing just off the front man tbh, just don't think he creates enough in that position although he did have a very good 15 minute spell there on saturday.

I wouldn't be adverse to selling him in Jan for 15m + and getting lennon in a swop or Jarvis.

[hawkeye]

if he does not want to sign a contract he has to go sooner rather than later, he either signs or goes in January, it will be a shame but not a disaster
so where does he go?

[Shrek]

if he does not want to sign a contract he has to go sooner rather than later, he either signs or goes in January, it will be a shame but not a disaster
so where does he go?

Tottally agree.

[Brian Taylor]

Arsenal have a chance of of the title, now that Chelski are faltering, and CL games to look forward to. AV have so much more to attract the likes of Ashley and then there is the money. Arsenal throw in a couple more 'fillers' plus £30m and I'm sure he'll say no and be prepared to hang on for three years while GH gets it all together again.
Yea he'll stay all right!

[timeoutbigbar]

I was under the impression people wanted the side to play fluid, passing football? This sort of possession football that Houllier seems to be trying to incorporate surely involves keeping hold of your best technical players, with the touch and technique to hold onto the ball in tight situations.  Now I'm not sure anyone can argue that Ash is the most comfortable player on the ball at the club, and if you think we're bad at retaining possession now, imagine how bad we'd be without him.  Keep at all costs.  Oh and i think its utter horlicks anyway 

[hawkeye]

based on what we got for Barry, we are looking at £10 to £12mil if we sell

[hawkeye]

I was under the impression people wanted the side to play fluid, passing football? This sort of possession football that Houllier seems to be trying to incorporate surely involves keeping hold of your best technical players, with the touch and technique to hold onto the ball in tight situations.  Now I'm not sure anyone can argue that Ash is the most comfortable player on the ball at the club, and if you think we're bad at retaining possession now, imagine how bad we'd be without him.  Keep at all costs.  Oh and i think its utter horlicks anyway 

what is not horlicks is that he is running down his contract

[KevinGage]

Arsenal are a club with decent stature, regularly in the CL even over the last few years when in transition.

For Tottenham, participation in that comp could be a one shot deal. So if Ash was tempted to go there on the back of two high profile games v Inter Milan this year, I'd wonder how he'd feel if/when then take up their customary mid table position again.

I wouldn't want to see him go full stop but if it was Arsenal I don't think anyone could blame him. Club he supported as a boy, good manager and set up, regular CL football, closer to home. It would make sense.

[hawkeye]

conflicting views about who he supports Arse or Spuds?

[Californian Villain]

conflicting views about who he supports Arse or Spuds?

who he may or may not "support" is completely irrelevant. Paul Scholes supports Oldham, but I haven't seen him play for them.

[The Situation]

Ash is an Arsenal fan.

[richardhubbard]

Do Arsenal need Young

Answer no, they already got Nasri, Walcott and Arshavin, so where would he actually play

Sounds like talkshit as usual

[KevinGage]

conflicting views about who he supports Arse or Spuds?

I'd say the suggestions that he supports Tottingham come from fcukwitt Tottenham fans themselves, as they assume everyone must support them even if they have been largely a complete non entity since the 60's. Probably no other club in world football has such a bloated an inaccurate sense of self. United fans often take stick for their breathtaking arrogance but they are genuinely a huge club and can back it up. Chelsea fans are often utterly dislikeable but they at least seem aware that their dining at the top table is a relatively recent phenomenon.

I read quotes soon after he joined that he was an Arsenal fan as a kid and Ian Wright was his favourite player.

Not that it's necessarily a huge factor in making a career decision as Californian Villlain points out. But if he wanted to join Tottenham to fulfil a lifelong dream he had a very good chance in Jan 2007. As Curtis Davies did a few months later and countless other players who found it easy enough to tell them to get facked.

[hawkeye]

maybe the Mods could change the title of this Thread to Ash running down his contract or merje with a similar thread title because it is pretyy obvious that some people have not worked out that rumours of his impending transfer are bound to occur because he wont comit to the club