{"id":447965,"date":"2011-06-26T19:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/26\/aston-villa-boss-alex-mcleish-wants-creative-attacker-to-replace-manchester-united-signing-ashley-young\/"},"modified":"2011-06-26T19:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T19:33:00","slug":"aston-villa-boss-alex-mcleish-wants-creative-attacker-to-replace-manchester-united-signing-ashley-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/26\/aston-villa-boss-alex-mcleish-wants-creative-attacker-to-replace-manchester-united-signing-ashley-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish wants creative attacker to replace Manchester United signing Ashley Young"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Chris Davie<\/h3>\n<h4>26 Jun 2011 20:33:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"77.1278481013\">\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ashley Young\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/134700\/134716_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ashley Young<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/95\/aston-villa\">Aston Villa<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/19100\/alex-mcleish\">Alex McLeish<\/a> wants <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/12657\/ashley-young\">Ashley Young<\/a>\u2019s replacement to compliment striker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/9730\/darren-bent\">Darren Bent<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Young, who provided 10 assists and seven goals for Villa last season, secured a switch to Manchester United earlier this week, and with Stewart Downing also reportedly on the move to Liverpool, McLeish could be starved of creativity as the season draws near.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bent enjoyed a promising start to life at Villa Park as he became the club\u2019s top scorer with nine goals following his arrival from Sunderland in January in a deal worth a reported \u00a324 million, and McLeish wants his prospective attacking signing to be compatible with the England international.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Darren has got to be up there in the top two or three strikers in the Premier League,\u201d McLeish told the club\u2019s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;His goals at Arsenal at the end of the season were incredible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Darren scored some really important goals at the end of the last campaign. 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They looked for each other so we have to find a replacement.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em><br \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the rest here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/26\/2549220\/aston-villa-boss-alex-mcleish-wants-creative-attacker-to-replace-\" title=\"Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish wants creative attacker to replace Manchester United signing Ashley Young\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish wants creative attacker to replace Manchester United signing Ashley Young<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chris Davie 26 Jun 2011 20:33:00 Ashley Young Related Links Teams Players Aston Villa manager Alex McLeish wants Ashley Young \u2019s replacement to compliment striker Darren Bent . <\/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-447965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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