Ashley Young has been in fantastic form for Aston Villa all season, scoring free-kicks, setting up players from corners, and has been named in Premiership Team of the Year. Also, England boss Fabio Cappello called him up for his England squad. He made his full debut in the 1-0 friendly game against Austria.
Young failed to get into the Watfotd academy, but was re-signed and made his debut against Millwall where he scored. West Ham almost bought Young for £10 million, but he decided to join Aston Villa for £10 million plus extra cash due to International appereances. Young has been Aston Villa's best player this season, having won 3 MOM including 1 in the 5-1 win over Birmingham. Ashley Young is a fast player and everyone should look forward to this guy in years to come.
Extra Information
Young went to school with Lewis Hamiltion (F1 Driver)
On Football Manger 2008
This image shows Young in the 8.0.2 Database
Football Manager Stats
Name: Ashley Young
Club: Aston Villa
Postions: Winger,Left Midfielder,Free Role
Value in FM: £8 Million
Nationality: England
Reputaion: National
Squad Status: Important First Team Player
Age: 22 becomes 23 towards end of season.
Ashley Young is a brilliant player to have in your squad, on Football Manager 2008 PC, I had him for Aston Villa and he was fantastic, he scored 5 goals and set up about 28 in his 1st season with me in charge. 2nd season so far he is doing great scoring 1 goal and setting up 10 in 10 games. I have been Chelsea and have signed him and he has fitted in perfectly, and every team seems to want to buy him in the 2nd season. if you look at his stats some of them need improving, but some are brilliant to have like crossing, free-kicks, pace etc, and that at the start of a season.
Tactical: Ashley can play anywhere in midfield and anywhere up front. I used the Tug Training on this website and he become a lot better at everything in my 2nd season. He always want the ball and is always fired up for games appecially against Birmingham.
Strengths: As you can see Ashley has a lot of good points. These are:
Crossing: 16: Ashley is a fantastic crosser of the ball on FM and with his crossing he has produced a lot of goals for my teams i have been on fm when signing him. After a season his crossing becomes 17
Free-Kick:16: His free-kick ability is ace, make sure you make him your team's free-Kick taker.
Accleration:18: 18 speaks for itself; He is such a quick player, becomes 20 after a few seasons.
Pace:16: 16 is quick and with 18 acceleration, he is like lightning. He will race and battle for any ball he sees down the wing.
Weaknesses: Every player has them
Marking:1: Well, he isn't really a defender but maybe you could train him up.
Tackling:1: Ashley needs this improving if he is going to be a really world class player.
Penalty Taking:9: For a midfielder/striker/winger, he needs to be able to take penalties and this does need improving.
Heading:5: He needs to be able to head if he's up front and in the box.
Conclusion
Ashley Young is a must-buy player for any Premiership or top European side. He can change a game in a blink of the eye, but some areas of his game needs improving. He will become a world class player on FM 08 after a few seasons.
