Well, Manchester United announced their purchase of a certain Ashley Young today- hopefully that'll be enough to keep their grimy paws off Nasri. Chelsea, on the other hand, made a different sort of signing- but a much more ominous one in regards to the rest of the league. Andre Villas-Boas, the prodigious 33 year old and now ex Europa League winning manager of Porto, has joined the Blues and suddenly Chelsea look like favorites to win everything and anything in sight- even the Emirates Cup, and they're not even participating in it!

In The Stands can reveal that Manchester United have completed the signing of Ashley Young from Aston Villa for £20million.

The 25 year-old winger passed a medical in Manchester on Thursday and has put pen to paper in a four year deal.

Young joins highly-rated Blackburn youngster Phil Jones, who made the switch to the Theatre of Dreams having finalized a £16.

It will come as no surprise to Newcastle United fans that the club is now being strongly linked with another midfielder with French connections, although Arsenal's alleged interest in Joey Barton may be a little more surprising. I am most disappointed to find we haven't signed any new players yet today.

Ashley Young heads to Manchester United but Phil Jones deal stalls | Football | The Guardian Manchester United will officially sign Ashley Young when the Aston Villa forward returns from holiday later this month but their capture of Phil Jones from Blackburn Rovers has been delayed by a dispute over the defender's transfer fee.

England star Ashley Young yesterday called off his wedding - just two days before the £200,000 ceremony. The Aston Villa ace - negotiating a £20million move to Manchester United - was due to marry...
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By Chris Wright

In which pea-headed wing weakling Ashley Young gives his first interview as a Manchester United player after signing on a five-year deal last night.

Interesting that Ash says he's going to miss the Villa manager, especially the current one has only been there for a couple of days.

Becoming a new addition at Manchester United surely brings a pressure for any players including for the Red Devils' latest signing, Ashley Young, who is well aware at the competition he will get there just to secure a starting spot.

However, just like many ambitious talents, instead of dropping his confidence, the tough task that Young will face at Old Trafford is being seen as a big challenge by the winger that will improve his quality even more.

It's been relatively quiet at Broadhall Way so far this summer. Not that much has happened since we beat Torquay at Old Trafford that we didn't think was going to happen this summer anyway. I'm going to attempt to round-up all the news since then and get back to the normal updates as we approach pre-season.

Michael Boxell is one of the many left on the boards for the Supplemental Draft tomorrow.

No, no, I won't be doing a mock draft for the Supplemental draft which takes place tomorrow. That's just silly now. What isn't as silly is teams filling out the rest of their rosters to make way for the return of the MLS Reserve division with this draft.

Ashley Young fits the profile of most of Manchester United's recent big-money purchases. He is young and proven in the Premier League, much like Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia, Dimitar Berbatov, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones were when they arrived at Old Trafford. Sir Alex Ferguson likes to buy players before they reach their peak, in contrast to Chelsea, who buy big names at their peak.

I published a quick article earlier that caused a bit of a stir. Maybe I should explain my thinking a little more..

The league champions have brought in a very good player in Ashley Young - a player Arsenal had been keeping an eye on all season they have also brought in a fantastic young defensive player in Phil Jones.

Frank Arnesen's first task this summer will be to try to keep Eljero Elia from Liverpool's clutches - as the Hamburg winger is back on their radar.
Arnesen left Chelsea to take up a consultancy role with the Bundesliga side this summer and he is keen on taking a few Blues youngsters with him to Germany.

According to the Daily Star, Premier League champions Manchester United are just "48 hours" away from clinching the signing of Ashley Young. Young has just one season left on his contract with Aston Villa, and according to the report the Red Devils will pay nearly £20 million for his services.

Latest Transfer betting odds The one thing Manchester United do not need right now is another winger and yet if we believe the latest transfer rumours Ashley Young could be heading to Old Trafford. The Villa winger has been strongly linked to several clubs including Liverpool, but reports claim United are the favourites to capture the England player in a reported £16m move.

Manchester United are set to sign Aston Villa's Ashley Young before he leaves for holiday this weekend and the in-form England international is surely the major intra-league transfer of the Premier League summer thus far. And while there is ... Continue reading →

Ashley Young has signed a five-year contract with Manchester United on a fee believed to be around £15m to Aston Villa. I am sure that United fans everywhere are celebrating this development. The club has been tracking the pacey left winger for a...
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News in the Sunday Sun today that Newcastle are about to sign an international midfielder to their squad this week. Alan Pardew first deal almost done It seems that the decision was taken at a 5 hour meeting that was held on Thursday in Newcastle with Ashley, Pardew, Llambias and Lee Charnley the secretary [.

Why Mark Hughes was wrong to leave Fulham - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

For the second season in succession, Fulham find themselves in the difficult situation of searching for a new manager through no volition of their own. Little more than eleven months after Roy Hodgson left the club for his ill-fated stint at the helm of Liverpool, Mark Hughes has decided to activate a clause in his contract meaning that he will depart at the end of the month.

Jordan Henderson, formerly of Sunderland and—assuming a successful medical and the midfielder agreeing to terms—will become the latest player to join Liverpool Football Club later today. David N'Gog, Liverpool's promising striker on the fringes of the first team who originally arrived from Paris Saint-Germain for a bargain £1.

According to Rob Parrish at Sky Sports News, Manchester United have agreed to terms with Aston Villa youngster Ashley Young. It is reported that Young will complete his move to United when he returns from holiday.

I think alot of us are sitting here waiting as the days go by for Chelsea to pull their fingers out and sort out the manager sooner rather than later. We are seeing the likes of United, Liverpool and City making moves in the transfer market and as some of you have said on my blog "we are getting left behind!

Manchester United and Liverpool have already made a big start to their summer spending with the signings of Phil Jones £20 million Ashley Young £15M and Liverpool buying Jordan Henderson £20M. This came on the day that we bought our first signing- no not a big name player but a 19 year old from Charlton for £1 million.

By Chris Wright

After spending last week away on his holibobs, Ashley Young is now on the very cusp of completing a move to Manchester United after reportedly passing a medical at Carrington yesterday.

The PA reckon that Young agreed personal terms with United a fortnight or so ago and will now seal the five-year deal after Aston Villa agreed a £15(ish) million fee with the Premier League champions over the weekend.

This article was written by Pete South, follow him on Twitter @peterwsouth.
Aston Villa winger Ashley young has finalized his move to Manchester United in a five year deal believed to be worth around £17 million. The 25-year-old passed his medical at United's training ground on Thursday before putting pen to paper to sign for the reigning Premier League champions.

Manchester United announced Thursday that "it has reached agreement with Aston Villa for the transfer of Ashley Young. The player passed a medical in Manchester and has agreed a five-year contract."

Young made 193 appearances and scored 39 times for Aston Villa after joining them from Watford in January 2007.

Arsene Wenger may well be the Premier League manager who is most often associated with the development of players and the rebuilding of squads, but it is Sir Alex Ferguson who has been more impressive at cutting the chaff from his squad and integrating young talent into his side in order to give it a boost and keep it able to fight consistently at the top of the Premier League, more often than not fighting successfully in a manner that brings with it trophies and glory.

By Chris Wright

It's not often we feature action from the Blue Square Premier such is our remit here on Pies, but when it's this good we'll gladly make an exception.

Submitted for your perusal is Jason Walker's sweet sweet goal for York City against Grimsby at the weekend a pretty slick bout of passing (considering we're talking about the fifth tier here) followed by a sublime, post-clipping overhead kick.

Liverpool are believed to be interested in acquiring the services of Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll as a replacement for Fernando Torres, who has been widely reported to be on the verge of joining Chelsea.
According to The Sun, the Reds will move in on the young forward with a £30 million bid and a triple-your-wages offer to prise him away from the clutches of the Tyneside outfit.

Manchester United vs Aston Villa 2nd February 2011- Old Trafford, Manchester Final score:- Manchester United 3 Aston Villa 1 ( Rooney*2, Nemanja Vidic/ Darren Bent) Two goals from Wayne Rooney helped Manchester United down Aston Villa 3-1 in a midweek Premiership clash at Old Trafford. Man United vs Aston Villa 1-0 ( Rooney 1′) Man [.

The Fire's practice session on Saturday looked a bit lighter for good reason. Several players are no longer in camp and won't be headed to phase 2 of pre-season training in Florida next week.

Supplemental draft pick Yannick Salmon and trialists Barry Rice, Ashley McInnes, and Hunter Jarrett are the first casualties.

When I read that Kenny Dalglish's top transfer targets this summer are Ashley Young, Matt Jarvis, Gary Cahill and Charlie Adam, I feel optimistic for Liverpool.
A strong core of British players didn't do Kenny any harm at Blackburn, and even at a combined £50million this quartet would be good business.

Two of England's better-known Coles, Ashley of Chelsea FC and Carlton hailing from West Ham, left popular London haunt Boujis in the closing hours of Sunday. Our drive-by fashion sentencing says A. Cole wins this weekend warrior style-off by a small, appropriately-affixed button.

Mais um jogo amistoso, foi realizado no dia 09/02/2011, na cidade de Copenhagen-DEN, no Parken Stadium, onde jogaram as seleções da Dinamarca (28º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Inglaterra (6º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa do Mundo
2002Niigata 15/06/2002 DEN0:3 (0:3)ENG Round of 16
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo
1958Copenhagen 15/05/1957 DEN1:4 (1:1)ENG First stage1958Wolverhampton 05/12/1956 ENG5:2 (2:1)DEN First stage
Eurocopa
1992Malmö 11/06/1992 DEN0:0ENG Final round
Eliminatórias Continentais
1984London 21/09/1983 ENG0:1 (0:1)DEN Preliminary round1984Copenhagen 22/09/1982 DEN2:2 (0:1)ENG Preliminary round1980London 12/09/1979 ENG1:0 (1:0)DEN Preliminary round1980Copenhagen 20/09/1978 DEN3:4 (2:2)ENG Preliminary round
Amistosos
2005Copenhagen 17/08/2005 DEN4:1 (0:0)ENG 2003Manchester 16/11/2003 ENG2:3 (2:2)DEN 1994London 09/03/1994 ENG1:0 (1:0)DEN 1990London 15/05/1990 ENG1:0 (0:0)DEN 1989Copenhagen 07/06/1989 DEN1:1 (0:1)ENG 1987London 14/09/1988 ENG1:0 (1:0)DEN 1966Copenhagen 03/07/1966 DEN0:2 (0:1)ENG 1955Copenhagen 02/10/1955 DEN1:5 (0:3)ENG 1948Copenhagen 26/09/1948 DEN0:0ENG
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Jonas Eriksson-SWE
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Daniel Agger , aos 7 minutos do primeiro tempo, jogador do Liverpool-ENG, que marcou seu quarto gol pela seleção nacional.

Japanese playmaker Keisuke Honda is top of Liverpool's wanted list with the club ready to launch a £12 million for the CSKA Moscow player, according to caughtoffside.com.
The 24-year-old stared for Japan at last year's World Cup as they progressed to the second round in South Africa, which has led to comparisons with Maradona, such is his skill and awareness on the ball.

Having once featured England internationals such as John Barnes, David James and Ashley Young through the years, Watford FC currently campaigns in the second tier of English soccer – the Football League Championship. Last Saturday, the Watford FC BURRDA 2011/12 home kit was officially launched. It was worn for the first time during the subsequent 0-1 [.

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin is set to make a decision on his future at the end of the week.
The Turkish international has been linked with a number of clubs across Europe, with his current deal in Germany set to run out at the end of next season.
Real Madrid are thought to be one of the leading clubs taking an interest in the 22-year-old, who made his senior debut in 2005 and has only spent a season away from the Signal Iduna Park on loan at Feyenoord.

Virginia Beach, Virginia –The newly formed W-League Piranhas 2011 squad took on conference powerhouse Charlotte Lady Eagles Saturday night in the season opener of the new campaign. The Piranhas fell short with a final score of 2-0.
In the first half the game went back and forth between both penalty areas, but due to strong defending on each side, scoring opportunities were rare.

Don't panic, people. It's just an 'air-trophy'. He can't hurt anyone with it. Oh, alright. Ashley won the 'Player's Player of the Year' Award at the Chelsea club dinner last night. We cannot confirm whether interns had a vote, but hazard a guess not. Congrats anyway, Ash! Image via chelseafc.

This Ashley Young goal vs Switzerland allowed England to draw 2-2 with the Swiss in the Euro 2012 qualifier played between the two teams on 4 June, 2011. Leighton Baines and James Milner set up this Young goal v Switzerland, which was scored in the 51st minute of the game at Wembley with England trailing [.

How funny was that, watching England scrape a 2-2 draw against the Swiss yesterday? Dreadful defending by England to give away two free kicks Scott Parker and Frank Lampard obliged - that were neatly converted when the England centre-backs failed to do their jobs and allowed Switzerland two goals inside 35 minutes.