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Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Young Gunners to be loaned

Arsenal are planning to send five of their young fringe players out on loan after Tuesday’s League Cup tie against Bolton Wanderers.

Ignasi Miquel, Sanchez Watt, Oguzhan Ozyakup, Daniel Boateng and Chuks Aneke are all in line to be loaned out to lower league clubs.

Manager Arsene Wenger wants the teenagers, who have played only five competitive Arsenal games between them, to gain some first-team experience.

Wenger has delayed sanctioning loan moves for the youngsters until after the League Cup fourth round match, for which he intends to field a mixture of established and fringe players.

Should Arsenal knock Bolton out, the Frenchman is planning to field a stronger team in the later rounds as he attempts to end his club’s six-year trophy drought and there will be no further opportunities for the fringe players.

Miquel played the full 90 minutes in the 3-1 win over Shrewsbury Town last month, while the other four were all substitutes, with Ozyakup and Aneke both coming off the bench to make their first-team debuts.

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Thursday, 31 March 2011

Ashley Young - a good addition?

Ashley Young – a good addition? - The Offside - Manchester United blog

« Vidic plays 90 mins for Serbia | Home | Ashley Young – a good addition?By: Shaun | March 31st, 2011
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young So we’ve been persistently linked to Young as of late. The rumors will no doubt intensify on the back of some solid performances in an England jersey and being personally commended by Fabio Capello.

I’m trying to imagine where he would fit based on the personnel we currently have.

If Valencia stays fit, I can’t imagine him not commanding a regular spot on the right wing. God knows that would be our key to helping Rooney go on a scoring tear again.Nani’s form has been sensational this year and he’s flexible enough to play out on the left wing and drift infield to get his fill of shots on goal.

Where then does Young fit in? He’ll cost too much to merely be a sub or Carling Cup regular. Would we play him behind the forwards in a role that he’s thrived in the past 2 weeks? To go with a formation that consists of Valencia, Nani, Young and a duo of Rooney/Berba/Chicharito/Wellbeck?? would require strong clean up guy sitting in front of our backline.

Ultimately, a failure to first shore up our midfield defensively with the addition of more guts and grit would reduce our (potential) acquisition of Young to nothing more than a really expensive luxury.

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Category: Manchester United, Transfer Speculation

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Tweet « Vidic plays 90 mins for Serbia | Home | arn00bI see him not so much behind Berbs/Chich and Rooney, nor taking Valencia's place, but more on the wing and and slightly advanced than Raul Meireles. He's most probably going to Liverpool, if not Spurs.

Don't think he'll go to United, there's no place for him and you already have forwards/strikers playing as wingers. You need someone in the central midfield soon since Giggs, Scholes and what'shisface number 4 are leaving soon. Unless you think that Park-Fletch-Carrick is a good midfield trio.Avfc_christypical manc talking out ya arseThomas K5he wont play in the championship with you bunch of spazs next yearblog comments powered by Disqus

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Friday, 11 February 2011

10 Young Players Who Will Make Their Name at the 2014 World Cup

14 comments by Tom Webber on February 11th, 2011

Some up and coming talents destined for greatness.

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Thursday, 3 February 2011

Manchester City Legend Neil Young Dies Aged 66

Former Manchester City forward Neil Young, scorer of the only goal in the 1969 FA Cup final against Leicester, has died at the age of 66.

Under the guidance of managers Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison, Young was key to City’s most successful era.
He was the club’s top scorer as they won the old First Division title in 1968 and found the net in the European Cup Winners’ Cup victory of 1970.
Young joined City in 1959 and scored 107 goals in 412 matches for the club.
Raised in the Fallowfield, Young supported City as a boy and signed as an apprentice upon leaving school.

His 19 goals in the 1967-68 season, including two in a 4-3 win over Newcastle on the final day, were crucial as City finished two points clear of city rivals Manchester United to be crowned champions – the last time they won the title.

Despite his success with City however, Young never followed team-mates Francis Lee, Colin Bell and Mike Summerbee into the England team.

After 13 years with the club and with his first-team chances dwindling, he signed for Preston in 1972, playing at Deepdale for two seasons before retiring after a brief spell with Rochdale.

“He will be sadly missed by his wife Carmen, family, friends and everyone connected with the Manchester City,” read a statement on City’s website.

The current Manchester City team paid tribute to Young, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year, ahead of January’s FA Cup tie away Leicester.

The players donned replicas of the shirt worn in the 1969 FA Cup final while the visiting fans, many of whom wore red and black scarves, turned their backs on the action in the 24th minute – the time of Young’s FA Cup-winning goal.

SOURCE: BBC Sport

A fitting tribute paid with this video.

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Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Liverpool Set To Raid Bundesliga For Young Centre Back

23 comments by Christian Bailey on January 26th, 2011

18 year-old Kyriakos Papadopoulos set for Anfield move.

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Monday, 27 December 2010

Tottenham Offer Four Players In £15m Offer for Aston Villa Winger Ashley Young

4 comments by The Newshound on December 27th, 2010

White Hart Lane boss offers quartet in hope of landing Villa Park wide man.

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Thursday, 23 December 2010

Houllier to hang onto Young

Aston Villa manager Gerard Houllier says star man Ashley Young will not leave in January, despite interest from Liverpool and Tottenham.

The England winger is arguably Villa’s most important player but his contract runs out at the end of the season.

That means Villa could face losing him for nothing if he does not sign a contract extension.

But Houllier insists he will not sell Young in January to ensure the club receive a fee.

“He knows that the club’s will is to keep him. I’ll keep him in until the end of his contract and to keep the club developing,” Houllier said.

“He told us very clearly that he would like to end this season and see what he’ll do and we respect that.”

“Let’s wait and see, at the moment I can tell you that we’ll assess that a bit later on. But in the meantime I don’t think he’ll leave in January. I don’t think so.”

Villa face Tottenham on Boxing Day followed by three tough games with Manchester City, Chelsea and Sunderland over the festive period.

And Houllier explained what a huge difference a couple of wins could make.

“I am fully focused on the games, starting with Tottenham,” he said.

“The most important thing is to pick up points. We have 20 points, which is not enough.”

“You could say easily, for those who have followed our games, that we could have maybe five or six points more which would put us in maybe seventh or eighth position.”

“Unfortunately we dropped points but now have to be focused on the 21 games left to play. The games will come thick and fast.”

Young is one of the players unlikely to face Tottenham on Boxing Day because of a knee injury. And his namesake, Luke Young, is also a doubt with a groin problem.

Houllier added: “We don’t know yet about Ashley. He hasn’t trained with the team yet but it’s still early. We’re playing on Sunday.”

“Luke hasn’t trained with the team either. He has a groin and hip problem but he’s been getting inside and doing some gym work.”

Thu 23 December, 2010