{"id":324181,"date":"2011-03-20T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/20\/liverpool-set-to-make-aston-villas-ashley-young-their-top-summer-transfer-target-report\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:21:00","slug":"liverpool-set-to-make-aston-villas-ashley-young-their-top-summer-transfer-target-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/liverpool-set-to-make-aston-villas-ashley-young-their-top-summer-transfer-target-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool set to make Aston Villa&#8217;s Ashley Young their top summer transfer target &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4>20 Mar 2011 11:21:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"59.2587652439\">\n<div readability=\"14.6868131868\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ashley Young, Aston Villa (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d4afdbd5107931_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ashley Young, Aston Villa (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"22.3844109832\"><\/p>\n<p>        <em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> are reportedly set to make <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/12657\/ashley-young\">Ashley Young<\/a> their top target in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds bought Andy Carroll for \u00a335 million from Newcastle United in January, and are understood to be looking to exploit his aerial prowess by bringing in players capable of supplying him with crosses from wide areas of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, <em>The Mirror<\/em> reports that the Merseyside outfit will make Young their prime target, encouraged by reports that the Villa winger turned down a new contract offer from his employers.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of this season, Young will have only a year left to run on his current Villa contract.<\/p>\n<p>Former Watford star Young is currently placed 413rd in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castrolfootball.com\/\">Castrol Rankings<\/a>, and is the fourtyh-highest placed Villa player at the moment, behind Jean Makoun (383rd), Darren Bent (214th), and Stewart Downing (129th). <\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/3b4e10aebeacon.dll_339.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/20\/2403235\/liverpool-set-to-make-aston-villas-ashley-young-their-top-summer-\" title=\"Liverpool set to make Aston Villa's Ashley Young their top summer transfer target - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool set to make Aston Villa&#8217;s Ashley Young their top summer transfer target &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 20 Mar 2011 11:21:00 Ashley Young, Aston Villa (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here Liverpool are reportedly set to make Aston Villa &#8216;s Ashley Young their top target in the summer transfer window. The Reds bought Andy Carroll for \u00a335 million from Newcastle United in January, and are understood to be looking to exploit his aerial prowess by bringing in players capable of supplying him with crosses from wide areas of the pitch. Accordingly, The Mirror reports that the Merseyside outfit will make Young their prime target, encouraged by reports that the Villa winger turned down a new contract offer from his employers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool set to make Aston Villa&#039;s Ashley Young their top summer transfer target - report - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/liverpool-set-to-make-aston-villas-ashley-young-their-top-summer-transfer-target-report\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool set to make Aston Villa&#039;s Ashley Young their top summer transfer target - report - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"20 Mar 2011 11:21:00 Ashley Young, Aston Villa (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here Liverpool are reportedly set to make Aston Villa &#039;s Ashley Young their top target in the summer transfer window. 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