{"id":446225,"date":"2011-06-23T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/23\/winger-young-seals-man-utd-move\/"},"modified":"2011-06-23T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T13:43:37","slug":"winger-young-seals-man-utd-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/23\/winger-young-seals-man-utd-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Winger Young seals Man Utd move"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"64.2615101289\">\n<div readability=\"62.444\">\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p>Ashley Young scores in Villa cup win<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Winger Ashley Young has signed for Manchester United from Premier League rivals Aston Villa on a five-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>England international Young, 25, passed his medical with the league champions on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>He had been at Villa for more than four years after joining from Watford but only had one year left on his contract.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Did you know?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/13882802.stm#skip_feature_02\">Continue reading the main story<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ashley Young won more penalties than any other player in the 2010\/11 Premier League season, winning five of Villa&#8217;s six spot-kicks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Young, who is reported to have cost United about \u00a317m, becomes the club&#8217;s second signing of the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport1\/hi\/football\/13754461.stm\">summer following the arrival of Phil Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Watford will get 15% of any figure above the Villa \u00a39.65m transfer fee.<\/p>\n<p>A new goalkeeper also remains on manager Sir Alex Ferguson&#8217;s shopping list to replace Edwin van der Sar, with Atletico Madrid&#8217;s David de Gea tipped to take the number one jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Young began his professional career at Watford and made his first-team debut in 2003. He shone for the Hornets during the 2005\/2006 season and helped the club achieve promotion after they beat Leeds in the play-off final.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2007, Young signed for Villa in a deal worth \u00a39.65m where he scored 38 goals in 190 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>United and England team-mate Rio Ferdinand was one of the first to welcome the news.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Welcoming Ashley Young to Manchester United &#8211; another top, hungry and young player joins the ranks,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/rioferdy5\">he stated on his Twitter page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More to follow.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/13882802.stm\" title=\"Winger Young seals Man Utd move\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winger Young seals Man Utd move<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ashley Young scores in Villa cup win Winger Ashley Young has signed for Manchester United from Premier League rivals Aston Villa on a five-year deal. 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