Luke Young fears big clubs will target Ashley Young and Stewart Downing this summer – after claiming Aston Villa cannot afford to lose the duo.<\/p>\n
Ashley Young has only one year left of his current deal and is understood to be attracting interest from Manchester United.<\/p>\n
But Downing is also coming under the microscope with Liverpool having been linked after an impressive campaign.<\/p>\n
Luke Young said: “Stewart has been brilliant. I played with him at Middlesbrough so I knew the potential that he’s got.<\/p>\n
“I feel he would have done a bit more if he had got out a couple of years earlier.<\/p>\n
“Now he is showing the form and you’ve got bigger clubs sniffing at him and it is obviously going to be difficult for us to keep him.<\/p>\n
“We haven’t had a great season so I think some of the bigger clubs are having a look at him, and rightly so with the form he has shown.<\/p>\n
“He is one that we hope stays because he is a big player for us.”<\/p>\n
Luke Young added: “The bigger clubs are circling for Ashley as well so it is going to be a difficult summer for us and hopefully we can keep hold of both of them.<\/p>\n
“But we certainly wouldn’t want to lose both of them.”<\/p>\n
Luke Young believes Downing has the ability to emulate Ashley Young and move to the forefront of Fabio Capello’s England plans.<\/p>\n
He said: “I think Stewart is starting to believe that he can become an England regular himself.<\/p>\n
“With Stewart, when he is on song and confident, that is when you see the best of him.<\/p>\n
“It is just about getting minutes on the pitch for England. It is difficult.<\/p>\n
“There are lots of very good players and you go with a lot of squads and come on for 10-15 minutes.<\/p>\n
“You actually need to be given a run of games like Ashley Young has been given and he has taken his chance and maybe Stewart needs that as well.”<\/p>\n
Luke Young is happy to be playing on a regular basis for Villa after not getting many opportunities last season.<\/p>\n
He said: “I’ve always just wanted to play football. I’ve never not been unhappy at the club.<\/p>\n
“I just wanted to have a fairer crack and be involved a bit more.<\/p>\n
“I had three or four months towards the end of last season where, no matter what I did, I didn’t really get a chance.<\/p>\n
“That was my only frustration. I love the club. It’s a great club, a big club.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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