Luke, thats bit harsh - the club site is first with all the exclusive news

Okay, it's not harsh .. it is crap

I'd also hope for Shorey to be done today also and announced today or tomorrow

Quality english player,In the coming days o`neill is ging to throw egg on a lot of faces.

Like I said in the other article, if we're paying £5m that's a fair bit more than he's worth. I think the fact we're so desperate though it doesn't really matter.

its gonna take my a while to take to luke young, for the same reason as it will to sidwell, both players could have signed for us last season, both chose not to over better wages. now they sign for us and cost us an extra £7.5million.

Sweet as!! Now lets get Nicky Shorey and that other 'super-exiting' signing in by the end of the day! :-) Go on Damo, give us a clue?!!!

he is a 29 year old right back we are spending £5 mill on...

you lot just want us to sign players... no full-back unless exceptional should be bought if they are 29 years old and for £5 mill...

just like no trashy striker should be bought for £4 mill leaving the fans of his old club laughing to death

Luke - Get Damien to spill the beans on the SMS rumour he was going on about in his earlier article!

Is nobody else worried about the fact he's 29??
It seems like a quick fix, he'll be ok for a few seasons, by which time we will need another first choice right back.

Damian,
About your 'news' on the previous post. Was it stated the player was a striker??

Steve Finnan is 32 so stop moaning and be glad we've got 3 years on him with Young.

Worried?He is 29 not 69,29 is not old at all.

yes it is a fix, but hardly quick we have been waiting 2 years. the RB MoN wants is clearly unavailable this year, so we'll wait till next year for him. OOORrrr MoN will sign another RB aswell, and Young and Mr X (as i shall call him) will fight for the first choice right back slot

Damian,

further to your possible exciting signing news to follow, I am hearing ITK reports that mysteryman is Spanish or Portuguese. Is this along the same line as you've heard?

Nice one Luke,

keep them coming!

And o also think the fee is what it is because he only joined boro last season and we would have had to buy out his contract.29 is not old at all.

could it be....De La Red?

Bazzah, I'm working on it! ;D

With our young squad and first team players, we need some level headed veterans around...especially in the defensive line, even more so as Barry is more than likely off...good business i think and will give the team a good blance of experience at the back and young, fresh, 'something to prove' talent at the front....all i can say is bish bash bosh!

Just on another note, best wishes to bobby robson. He is a LEGEND, has always been good for the game

Damian, You are going to get me the sack.... I am not working, just reading this bloody blog. If I get the sack you are going to have to give me a job. CV avaliable on request! Now let us know at least what position this guy plays! :'(

luke young as a back up ok good deal, if he's first choice wouldnt be to happy, not a bad defender but i think we need someone comfortable with a ball, and hes not that clever. hopefully martin has a younger more attacking rb lined up hoyte would be good. shorey would be a decent signing, when ive seen him for england looks quite comfortable on the ball good left foot and sounds like a good price! who works out these prices??

Shorey and Young good signings. Experience and a bit of quality - with Davies back alongside Laursen that is a seriously good defence. MON is delivering on his promises, we scored a lot last season but let too many goals in, tighten the defence and we will really challenge.

The one thing that puzzles me in all this is if MON really wanted Young why didn't he go out and get him this time last year? We could have picked him up from Charlton for £2.5m and it might have been the difference between 6th and 5th.

We still need another RB so I'm guessing we're going to go after a younger player, such as Hoyte, as cover.

Luke Young - decent player, 2 or 3 seasons in him, but is he THAT much better than Aaron Hughes???

If anyone comes on here saying MON takes his time and earmarks the right player etc... then I fear for their sanity, how long have we been waiting for a RB the quality of L young? I mean he is ok but not worth waiting a couple of seasons for, a bit dissapointing after being linked with so many exciting RB's

SwissVillan - did you ever watch Aaron Hughes. I saw him week in week out, he was poor at best. Beaten by every winger who visited VP time after time and was were most of the goals conceded came from. Luke Young, along with Downing, was Boro's most consistent performer and even looked good in a relegated charlton side. don't forget this is the guy who was Englands Number 2 right back until very recently. If MoN can work his powers on this guy who knows, he is 29 yes but he has the potential to be an extremely solid right back for us!

Can only assume that the RB that MON has been waiting to sign still isn't available. So he got short term replacement until he can get his first choice.

It's clear that Luke Young isn't MONs first choice. Last Season he was linked repeatedly with a couple of foreign names. It's probably the case this season that Young isn't his first choice hence the delays. I'm guessing he sees him and Shorey as building the overall quality of the team at the right price. His sights are probably set on some even better quality when we are establishing ourselves as a consistent top 6 club.

is he that much better than aaron hughes? YES

hope its de la red he would be quality.

utv ;D

is it thierry henri or jefferson farfan

So who we buying to cover young and shorey?

NELSON IS ON HIS WAY YOUNG IS COVER.

Nelson is the exciting signing.

Mark my words.

Up the Villa!

nelson while a very good signing would not be as exciting as JPA. Maybe falcao?

OS says we have agreed fee for Nicky shorey also!

Has anyone had the new shirt with 'YOUNG' on the back? I guess if Luke Young signs then Ash will have 'A YOUNG' and Luke 'L YOUNG'??

Can someone interogate the General Charles Krulak on this!!!

Check the Villa Website for new update!

I saw Aaron Hughes play a few times and I agree, he never really set the place on fire but at least he was a RB and arguably better than Gardner in that position (and MUCH better than Reo Coker playing there).

apparently a double swoop for ashton and ferdinand, being reported online now. fees of 15m and 10m respectively

Neck on the line and say I guarantee it will not be nelson....

Confirmed on sky sports news Shorey is heading to Villa for a medical.

Full-backs are like buses - you just dont see one for ages and then two come along at once!!!

Question now is, what is the 'ferrari' to follow them that Damian is hinting at?

im a boro fan and Im very suprised to hear southgate has accepted a bid for young so close to the season opener. However i for one totally trust southgates ever increasing shrewdness in the transfer market. I know that williams/mcmahon etc have been impressing in pre-saeson so i presume that has had an influence on his decision. Good buy for vila, solid enough right back, good luck for the new season! Dave (Boro fan)

got to ask the question if mon is willing and happy to sign young now why the heck did we go a whole season last year without a recognised right back when young was available and would have clearly come to us!!
Bizarre!!!
Dont get me wrong i am pleased we are going to sign some full backs but to me this raises even more questions over MON. As he could have had young a year ago he must have been way down the pecking order in mon's mind so i can only assume he missed out on numerous right back targets. why? this only emphasises to me he doesnt have the ability to sign quality players or the players he wants!

SwissVillan i feel that Gardner and Reo-Coker are both better in that position, so we were right to get rid while we could!

its on the official site, im very excioted now!

Dave, a supposedly well-informed guide at Birmingham Art Gallery, told me today that Thierry Henry is about to sign. I'm dubious at best.

As to the people questioning the price of five million for a 29 year-old right-back, who gives a crap? Liverpool are having to pay eighteen million for a wantaway 29 year-old Villa midfielder. Which is the better piece of business? I know who'll be more committed to the long-term cause, and his initials certainly aren't GB.

i heard from a source its Carlos Cuella for 12-13mil

We are a team who finnished in the top 6 and are plying our trade in europe this year.Young and shory are the type of player that should be warming our bench.People just seem to be happy that we are signing someone at last, and while players are needed, the quality we are signing is sub-standard.

We were linked with Young last summer, so i watched him after he went to Middlesborough because of this and i was very happy we didnt buy him.

Where the fuck are these players that are taking the club forward?? and how can buying a second-rate 29 year-old full back be part of a 5 year plan, that by the way is entering its third yeer.

I'm sick of us buying "100%" players.It just means they're shit but they'll run they're bollocks off.I was all for whole heartedly putting my faith in MON this transfer window because i fealt he would bring in quality.But it seems so clear to me now that he failed to bring in the men he wanted and now he's just bringing in desperately needed bodies to fill positions he should have solved a year ago.To me this is a far bigger waste of money than throwing a few extra pound to a club to make sure we land the right player(David Bentlley).

oh wait no i think that was a not so funny joke

Its official both Young and Shorey - fees agreed. On the website.

Both agreeing terms and medicals today.

On the mystery player thing, has huntelaar and queressma signed for anyone yet? oh and apparently we have had to beat off stiff competition for L Young from both Reel Madrid and Barselona!!! :D

this is mellbergs replacement luke young what a disgrace for him villa and me villa have made some shocking signings this summer look at man city and spurs who r more or less in the same boat look at the signings they made all of villa new signings r shocking and unbelievable what a wast of money mon hasent got a glue what to buy he a good mananger and done well up untill now i just cant beleve what he doing 2 our team bring rubbish players. sidwell is the only half ok player davies in my eyes sign last season so the other signings i cant beleve there at the club shocking no other word 2 say is shocking and there villa fans that wont like what i saying but if we wanna wove forward 2 get in chams league players we sign will no were near get us there we need 2 spend big and lots much better bigger players. not a happey villa fan at all >:(

odysseynumberfive

GB is 27!

doofey do us all a favour and crawl back under your stone

Sorry to burst your bubble but.... it is on the official website and MON seems pretty confident they will both sign today! ;D

Both average/good players in my opinion.

I don't understand why people are slating the signing of Young. He's a good right back. There have also been zero indications to suggest he will be the only right back we're in for, and even if he is first choice will still be a good player for us.

Did you guys who think we've waited 2 years for him stop to wonder whether those first choice targets just aren't available to us no matter what MON may have tried?

fsir enough villain of the north but obviously first choices were not available last summer so get in the back up then. young was avaialable then but oneil chose not to and instead went the season without a recognised right back

is it falcao damian?? ;)

I just went to the Luke Young's Wikipedia page and it says that he's a Villian and that he has agreed terms with the club. Does anyone know who updates these Wikipedia pages?

i remember an article ages ago with oneil trying to get saviola ....i still think we will get miguel, Valencia are broke and if we put in a huge bid maybe we can get miguel and joaquin... You never know big money wages and good replacements promise of champs then maybe....?

ill be chuffed with young and shorey 2 england international full backs for under 10million.....ill say del la red next, on loan first of all will be next....or maybe a return to chelsea fos swp,would love a striker though.....ashton would be great

its definatley saviola

Shorey confirmed as signed by reading site:

LINK

According to Wikipedia, Luke Young joined Villa today. Who updattes these sites?

RodO

anyone can ...

Luke Young has agreed to terms - official web site...