A.Young is kinda Valencia standard imo... He just hasn't made that move up yet which you maybe surprised next season if he does.
How many matches have you caught Villa KingEric ? Surely you don't rate the lad or he must have done something bad to you...
As much as I love homegrown players, if A.Young wanted a move at 12m and SAF thought he was a good deal so be it, he does have the attributes to make it, not that I don't want Cleverly or Welbeck to succeed.
He's a good player Young, I've caught him a few times, but this is an argument I've had in another thread prior to this, and my opinion hasn't changed. I don't actually think he's been significantly better than Downing this year, though he's clearly a better player. Downing's season has been an anomaly, though I think I'm right in saying that he's their player of the season.
Cleverly and Welbeck still have a lot of time, they dont' need to be rushed nor if we were in the position to push them in...
If you see that Park/Giggsy are aging while Bebe'/Obertan will either be converted to strikers/ No.10, then we only have 2 wingers available, Nani and Valencia.
Giggsy will be used more as a CM which his best performances have usually come there and Park will be used tactically. If we were to go for the win and we have either Nani/Valencia injured then seeing A.Young play for us wouldn't be a bad idea.
The point is that, on any given day, we are likely to have, already, 4 players or so that can be used there, and that's even before taking into account that there are returning players.
If we consider that Nani and Valencia are our first choice wingers, and that Park, even in games that are not of the utmost significance, takes up a slot on the wing even if the nature of his game dictates that he moves centrally, then there are automatically three absolutely top class players vying for 2 wing slots. If there is an injury here, Giggs can move to the wing, which is what will probably happen a fair bit more next year given the likely signing of a central midfielder.
Even if we don't sign a central midfielder then, in the next few years, we are going to have to start thinking about fitting at least a couple of Welbeck, Morrison, King and Cleverley into the team. In the case of Morrison and Welbeck, taking into account their dribbling ability, I don't think it's a far-off suggestion to put forward the idea that he may spend a bit of time on the wing throughout the earlier stages of his career. These two, for me, have the ability to be a fair bit better than Welbeck. Signing Young will be a complete hinderence to these players.
There's a lot more to it than just looking at the out and out wingers we have, and seeing if we need more. The reason Fergie has managed to keep this squad so happy is because he's been able to shift players out of their natural positions, to positions such as the wing, in order to accomodate players that would otherwise be incredibly unhappy at their position and status in the squad. There are so many reasons as to why I'm against the signing of a midfielder of Young's status, but this is the main one, even if he, himself, is reasonably versatile.
