If reports are correct, it’s Manchester United and Liverpool who are currently fighting it out for Aston Villa wingman Ashley Young. One day Liverpool may be the favourites for acquiring the British youngster, the papers then report that Manchester United are in the driving seat. Regardless of who ends up with Young’s signature, it’s my firm belief that a move to Manchester would be the wrong choice for a player with a lot of potential.
At the moment Manchester United must appear to be a much more attractive prospect. They can offer Champions League football and a strong chance of winning trophies next season. They’ve had a successful season and will be looking to kick on again and pick up more silverware next year. Would you really bet against them adding another trophy to their collection in the near future? It’s clear that Young’s ambitions involve winning trophies:
“I’m an ambitious person who wants to win titles and leagues and cups and stuff. Hopefully I can do that. I think they say that players start to peak at 26 or 27, and I’m soon to be 26 so fingers crossed I can start peaking myself.”
Innuendo aside, given his aims, it may at first glance appear that Manchester United is the best possible destination for Young. There’s certainly a much higher chance that United will win silverware next season than Liverpool. But to engineer a move to Old Trafford with this motivation in mind would demonstrate a degree of short-sightedness on Young’s part.
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Liverpool may be a bigger club than Villa but he wants to play Champions League football and win trophies, you don’t look doing either soon. Moving to Liverpool wouldn’t do anything to his England chances as he is regularly in the squad now, Capello watches plenty of games at Villa. If he goes I hope it’s to Man Utd as he will get a fair chance and will actually win things, going to Liverpool wouldnt advance his career he may as well stay with Villa
Guys don’t believe anything that Steve says….he is a big fat liar who cheated on me with at least 3 other women (on one occasion both me and our child were asleep upstairs). Plus he always says that he will fix the dripping tap but never does!!
Fran you must have wrote that last night because it’s 4 women now!!!