Young completes Man Utd move

[Dr Butler]

not happy to see him go, but thanks for all your effort at the Villa Ashley

and now time for Mark to make his.....erm....mark as a winger and take not only his place at the Villa but in time at full international level too.

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[Monkeyair]

All the best Ash.

Always thought, not quite as good as you think you are.

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[sg]

Iago - out of curiosity, why are you so delighted to get rid of a player who has played 190 games, scored 38 and set up another 57?

[placeforparks]

good luck to him. hope he continues to progress and becomes a star for england.

looking forward to seeing the kids stepping up to the plate to fill a big gap next season.

[eastie]

Watford have confirmed they receive 15% of the Ashley young transfer fee .

[Irish villain]

Today goes down with the day Yorke left us, the day Barry left us and the Milner left us. A sad sad day for me personally. I hope the next era in Aston Villa's history brings as many happy memories as the 06-'10 period did. You don't know what you have until its gone.

[sg]

I hope thats 15% of the profit and not the entire fee.

[eastie]

Yesterdays Milner and young are tomorrows Gardner and albrighton-players will always come and go but we have a very good supply coming through and the future is still rosy.

[Irish villain]

Yesterdays Milner and young are tomorrows Gardner and albrighton-players will always come and go but we have a very good supply coming through and the future is still rosy.

Fingers crossed, following villa is a rollercoaster and I'm sure we'll be on a few highs over the next few years as well as a few more lows.

[NeilH]

Iago - out of curiosity, why are you so delighted to get rid of a player who has played 190 games, scored 38 and set up another 57?

My thoughts precisely, but then I get the distinct feeling that Iago falls into the category where anyone who leaves us is 'a bloody traitor'

All the best Ash, at times you were really one of the best I have ever seen down VP.

[mazrimsbruv]

sky sports news said 15 million if this is true what the hell is learner doing, sunderland sold their star player for 20m and he only just got into the England set up ffs, ashley is on top form for England , another villa screw up

Are you serious? Last 12 months of a contract, £6M profit  - its a fantastic deal......oh forget it.....zzzzzzzzzzzz

Actually, with my newly acquired knowledge of Amortisation (heh, heh) it's really a £12.5 million profit, after his initial £9.5M fee is written down over 3 years. Looks like even better business now, plus BBC are reporting £17M.

He'll be difficult to replace though, and it will be very interesting to see how much of this will be reinvested in the squad.

[usav]

I have mixed feelings about this one....perhaps he's one of those we won't miss until he is gone, but at the moment, I can't bring myself to be too upset.

I also find it a little strange from their perspective.   He doesn't seem to fit the mould of Utd signings and I can't see him getting ahead of Nani or Valencia as a winger.  I wonder if he has been purchased as an expensive squad player?

[Monty]

You can only say fair enough, he gave us good service, was the hardest-working player in every game he played even in the last season, and he does seem to have as much genuine affinity for our club as any modern player seems to be able to have. Unlike Barry and Milner, he hasn't taken the fast buck and the possibility of competing for success, but has gone to genuinely one of the top 3 clubs in the world where he's almost guaranteed success - and by the looks of things, may well be a key player for United's new team. Fair enough, thanks for everything and good luck, Ash.

[hartman_1982]

Never. He is better than both of their current wingers. A brilliant footballer and I hope he reaches his potential at United. I just hope he shows us the respect we deserve when he returns.

[mazrimsbruv]

The Watford observer are saying it is between £800k - £1.5m

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/watfordfc/watfordfcnews/9103268.Watford_set_to_land_between___800_000_and___1_5m_from_Young_sale/?ref=rss

They've simply done two sums based on £15M (the lowest reported fee) and £20M (the highest reported fee). Then they've subtracted £9.5M (roughly what we paid for him) and worked out 15% of each figure.

This would have been a collaborative effort from everyone on the Sports Desk over a period of 3 days and even then, they'd have sent it to the Financial Desk to have the sum checked...and corrected.

This is because: Sports Jounalist is to Football Accounting as Fish is to Bicycle.