{"id":17277,"date":"2025-07-24T00:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17277\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T00:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:33:09","slug":"2011-sir-alex-ferguson-signing-has-now-joined-ex-manchester-united-coach-in-latest-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/17277\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Sir Alex Ferguson signing has now joined ex-Manchester United coach in latest transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Manchester United ace Ashley Young is extending his playing career after joining forces with a former Old Trafford coach.<\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> fans would have been forgiven for believing that Ashley Young<\/a> was entering the final stages of his career upon leaving Old Trafford<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n

Snapped up from Aston Villa in 2011, Young became a key player under Sir Alex Ferguson<\/a> and helped win the Premier League title in 2013.<\/p>\n

Young reinvented himself as his United career wore on, becoming a full-back or wing-back into his 30s.<\/p>\n

Young said goodbye to United in January 2020, signing for Italian side Inter after more than 250 appearances for the Red Devils.<\/p>\n

The former England star returned to England with Aston Villa and Everton, but will not be hanging up his boots after turning 40 earlier this month.<\/p>\n

\"FulhamPhoto by Visionhaus\/Getty ImagesAshley Young joins Kieran McKenna\u2019s Ipswich Town<\/p>\n

Young made 32 Premier League appearances last season and is far from done yet.<\/p>\n

Championship side Ipswich Town have now pounced to sign Young following their relegation from the Premier League.<\/p>\n

The move will take Young towards his 41st birthday, with the former United star still going strong.<\/p>\n

Tractor Boys boss Kieran McKenna coached at United during Young\u2019s time with the club and the pair have now reunited.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Ipswich\u2019s official website<\/a>, McKenna praised Young for a \u2018fantastic\u2019 career and believes the veteran defender is still playing at a high level.<\/p>\n

McKenna added that Young\u2019s leadership will be a fine asset for Ipswich this season, branding him a \u2018very strong signing\u2019 for Ipswich.<\/p>\n

\u201cAshley has had a fantastic career and his achievements speak for themselves,\u201d said McKenna.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has maintained an extremely high level of professionalism and competitiveness through his career and he is still playing at a very good level. We feel his leadership and experience will be valuable to the group this season and he is very hungry to contribute on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very strong signing for the group and the club,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ashley Young the latest former Manchester United man to join Ipswich Town<\/p>\n

Young\u2019s move means that he has become the latest former United player to reunite with McKenna at Ipswich.<\/p>\n

Brandon Williams joined Ipswich<\/a> under McKenna, attempting to get his career back on track after fizzling out at United.<\/p>\n

Williams played 17 times as Ipswich won promotion from the Championship in 2024, but hasn\u2019t played a single game of football since.<\/p>\n

Alongside Williams, Ipswich snapped up Axel Tuanzebe as the defender departed United at the end of his contract.<\/p>\n

Tuanzebe made 45 appearances for the Tractor Boys before leaving the club at the end of last season.<\/p>\n

Burnley have now signed Tuanzebe<\/a>, but McKenna has shown a consistent desire to work with players he coached at United.<\/p>\n

Young is the latest, and United fans will be watching his progress from afar as Ipswich chase an immediate return to the Premier League.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Manchester United ace Ashley Young is extending his playing career after joining forces with a former Old…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[18413,64,63,596,18414,18415,85],"class_list":["post-17277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-ashley-young","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-kieran-mckenna","tag-sir-alex-ferguson","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}