Young completes Man Utd move

[tommy_boy]

With one year left in his contract anything over 15m is good business. If he had 2-3 years left we could get at least 22m, so what is important here is to renew the contracts of Downing and probably Collins who has been great for us since he came.

[Dante Lavelli]

You never know our Ash might not be happy with the wages Fergie offers, or indeed the lack of guaranteed first team selection.  There would still be Liverpool waiting in the wings so it's unlikely he'd ultimately stay but y' never know.

It's a funny ol' game.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Looks like he's gone..for £20m according to the Sun:

Ashley takes Utd's spree up to £55m

ALEX FERGUSON snapped up Ashley Young in a £20million swoop last night.

It took Manchester United's summer spending to a whopping £55m - leaving their title rivals in the shade.

The arrival of Aston Villa's England star Young completes an astonishing hat-trick of Fergsuon buys worth £55m as he begins to build a new dynasty.

Liverpool have shown their intent by splashing out £20m on Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson while Arsenal boss Aesene Wenger has forked out a measly £1m for Charlton defender Carl Jenkinson.

More surprisingly, traditional money-bags clubs Chelsea and Manchester City have yet to spend a penny since the end of the season.

Young, 25, passed a medical at the club's Carrington Training Ground yesterday and put pen to paper on a four-year contract.

He now joins Phil Jones who moved on Wednesday from Blackburn to Old Trafford in a £16.5m transfer.

And a deal has also been agreed for Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea to move from Atletico Madrid to United for £18.5million.

Ferguson always likes to get his business done early in the summer but this is quick moving even by his own standards with the season finishing less than a fortnight ago.

Despite winning the title and the Champions League Ferguson knew he needed to breath new life into his squad.

Last season's poor away record and stuttering start worried him and Ferguson told the club's owners the Glazers midway through the season that big spending would be needed.

Ferguson snatched both Jones from under the noses of rivals Liverpool and Kop boss Kenny Dalglish was also keen on Young.

Young can play as a winger or second striker and is a major addition to United's already huge attacking threat.

Young made his name at Watford before an £8m transfer to Aston Villa in January 2007.

He went on to make 193 appearances scoring 39 goals but it is his assists statistics of 54 in that time which help to make him such a valuable asset.

His move could leave Nani's future in question.

The Portuguese winger was a candidate for player of the year after his first-half to last season but he tailed off amid rumours that he was looking for a new challenge.

www.thesun.co.uk

[Toronto Villa]

The Sun are reporting that Ash signed a 4 year deal Man U last night.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The Sun are reporting that Ash signed a 4 year deal Man U last night.

You don't say? (winky)

[KevinGage]

If we've got anywhere close to £20 million for a player in the last year of his contract then hats off to all concerned.

I'd far rather have the player, mind. Won't be right seeing him in their colours.

[N'Rexy]

Had no idea that Man U won the Chumpions League though. That was a shock when I read the article. Hats off to them.

[eamonn]

So, he's finally gone/going then? As inevitable as it has seemed for the past 6-9 months, it's still quite sad to see it come to pass. The last jewel in the crown of the fearless, ''world is our oyster'' team of 2007/08 onwards now gone. While I don't wish him luck, I certainly have more respect for him than Milner and Barry.

[Toronto Villa]

The Sun are reporting that Ash signed a 4 year deal Man U last night.

You don't say? (winky)

that's weird. When I posted mine yours wasn't up. Must have been simultaneous, or something. Too late for big words.

I was just in Lisbon. You've got a bit of a graffiti problem in the city there Mark. What's up with that?

[Dante Lavelli]

Isn't the Sun part of the News Corp group who in turn own a huge chunk of Man United.  Winning the chumps league is just a minor re-writing of history.

20m! I suppose we should thank Young for those good England performances as his Villa performances suggested a fee in the region of 12-15m.

[OzVilla]

Thanks for the memories Ash.

I'm much happier we sell to the Mancs rather tha Spurs, 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' or Citeh.

If true, 20mill for a player with 12 months left on their contract is very good too.

[The Left Side]

On a related note, the sun is also saying he has cancelled his wedding this weekend!

[timeoutbigbar]

So, he's finally gone/going then? As inevitable as it has seemed for the past 6-9 months, it's still quite sad to see it come to pass. The last jewel in the crown of the fearless, ''world is our oyster'' team of 2007/08 onwards now gone. While I don't wish him luck, I certainly have more respect for him than Milner and Barry.

Summed up perfectly for me.  Will be sadly missed, and anyone claiming he was an average, diving and moaning winger is just bitter.  Great player for us and i wish him all the best (just not against us).

[willywombat]

Fair play to him, cant begrudge him the move.

[oldtimernow]

Young set for 130k+ salary....so a wedding cancelled costs about 0ne and a half weeks wage for a footballer for anyone else it's about a years salary.....that's the disconnect and the reason why we will never have a chance of competing with the sky/chumps league cabal.

Take your ball and play somewhere else and leave us a proper game