It just seems a strange time to think about reducing a paper thin squad even further if no one is coming in. Just throwing more kids in a pressured battle for top 4 and the EL would be very harsh.
Ashley Young to Inter Milan | Official
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Bonkers decision at this time to do this, we’ve got barely any senior players, we’ve got barely any players at all. Genuinely have no idea what we’re doing as a club if this is true.
No doubt it will be about saving a couple of million in wages. Which is a sign of where we're at financially as well.
Cover they may be but only AWB is currently better than Young.
I like him. He has been a decent servant and he tries. He was made captain so he must be a good influence.
Saying that, he is getting on. Williams/Shaw at left back and AWB/Dalot at right back is the future.
Saying that, he is getting on. Williams/Shaw at left back and AWB/Dalot at right back is the future.
At his age though, not for long.
I would be happy to see him leave if we got someone in, which we won’t. I would much rather let his contract down and keep him until the end of the season.
We have barely any senior players as it is. We need a balance of youth and senior players which is totally wrong at the moment. Getting rid of him just makes that balance much worse.
You three months ago:
"A fecking disgrace Young plays for this team let alone taking freekick, corners and captain of this once great football club."
It's time to move on from Young.
Regardless of what you think of young ( i think hes unfairly slated) we cannot afford to let any senior players go until we transfer some players in.. the squad is already piss weak.
He is still better than Dalot and Shaw but he wants to play and hope he does well.. The CAF will find a new scapegoat soon enough.
He will leave for free in the summer anyway so let him go.
AwB, Dalot, Shaw and Williams are options at full back it’s one of the only places in the team where we aren’t so bad.
AwB, Dalot, Shaw and Williams are options at full back it’s one of the only places in the team where we aren’t so bad.
Yes I know! But I have no confidence in this board in replacing players that are leaving. This is the major issue.
Why did we give him a new contract last season if we are willing to let go him next season by Jan while our depth in fullbacks is totally fecked?
I gave up trying to understand anything done by our hopeless club.
I gave up trying to understand anything done by our hopeless club.
It makes sense. In before Woodward brings 3 players max in the summer again.
Yeah like we bought after letting Herrera and Fellaini off..
Let him go at the end of the window but now? We’re a AWB injury away from a real shit show. Seems Crazy.
This must be for the summer right?
No reason to sell him in Jan
No reason to sell him in Jan
Be careful what you wish for. I'm sure people said the same thing when Fellaini and Herrera went too.
Knowing the way we operate, Williams is his replacement already.
It would be suicidal to allow Young to leave at this stage of the season.
Ole is resigning to allow for a quality manager to come in? How considerate of him.
There has to be incomings surely, we can’t be this badly run, can we?
Yes we can.
Yes we can.
I thought I’d seen it all, but no, here’s the Caf collectively up in arms at the possible sale of Ashley Young 
I agree that we need experience but I'd want the experienced players to be at least decent still. I think Young's best days are way behind him. It's not like he was a top full back like Irwin or Neville who could pass some vast experience on. He was a decent winger who was converted into a full back and that was the only way he was going to get games.
I'd personally prefer both Williams and Shaw at left back.
We've got five other full backs. Young doesn't need replacing right now. Use the second half of the season to see if Williams is ready, if not then buy an experienced LB.
YesHe's not wrong, is he?
It would be crazy to give Young away for what I could only assume would be a free transfer. We have nothing to gain from it and everything to lose.
Really lack experience, it’s mad to think we’d let another senior player leave. Look at Matic, it was a relief to have him in that second half and I’m far from his biggest fan. The balance is so messed up with this squad.
I am not a fan of Ashley Cole but I have zero faith in the clue to adequately replace him if he goes so him leaving mid season is a very strange decision given the current state of the squad.
And it takes two seconds to find posts from the same people crying over Young still being at the club.I thought I’d seen it all, but no, here’s the Caf collectively up in arms at the possible sale of Ashley Young
Racist.
I am really only racist against Norwegians, where are you from?
Seriously, no of course not.
His wages are what? ~£2m until end of season? Literally makes no sense, even if we have a replacement lined up, we should just keep Young until the summer. We're short as it is.
I think the issue is the club is selling players and not replacing them, like Lukaku.Beat me to it
Wait till he starts at the weekend and then look at the reaction
No there's people who are saying he's better than Shaw (therefore should be playing) and will do well in Italy
Oh no it would be so devastating to lose our captain and leader mid season. How are we gonna cope?
Why sell? We need players more than we need money right now.
Bizarre transfer allround.
Canadians with their weird square heads, eh?
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