News about Ashley Young

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Nottingham Forest - fresh from a £750,000 fine for an astonishing online attack on a VAR official - are advertising for a social media manager.  The Premier League side were given the hefty punishment after singling out Stuart Attwell in an extraordinary post following a 2-0 defeat to Everton.  On their official X account, they claimed the VAR referee was a fan of Luton Town, who were also battling relegation at the time, after no fewer than three penalty decisions went against them during their April fixture with the Toffees. 

Former Manchester United star Ashley Young believed referee Chris Kavanagh was 'wrong' in his decision to send Bruno Fernandes off against Tottenham. Fernandes was given his marching orders in the 41st minute when he caught Tottenham midfielder James Maddison high with his boot. However, the Red Devils skipper had slipped as he made his way into the challenge.

JOE BERNSTEIN: Ashley Young's miss in the penalty shoot-out put Southampton through in the Carabao Cup at Everton's expense. Young, who had earlier been booed when he came on as substitute, saw his spot-kick saved by Alex McCarthy after the first 11 kicks had all been converted. In a tale of two captains, Saints' Taylor Harwood-Bellis had earlier cancelled out Abdoulaye Doucoure's opener for Everton and then there were jeers when Dyche hooked the team's only striker Beto for Young midway through the second half.

JOE BERNSTEIN AT GOODISON PARK: The Premier League's youngest manager Fabian Hurzeler celebrated a convincing winning start to his Brighton career with goals from Kaoru Mitoma, Danny Welbeck and Simon Adingra against a thoroughly demoralised Everton. For the Merseysiders, defeat represented an awful opening day to their final season at Goodison Park and it was compounded by a red card at 2-0 for defender Ashley Young, who at 39 is eight years older than the triumphant Seagulls boss. There were boos around the ground from Evertonians at full-time. Mitoma, playing his first game since February because of a back injury, opened the scoring midway through the first half with Welbeck adding a second early in the second half. Adingra wrapped up the points late on.

Ashley Young has revealed he is part of a WhatsApp group full of ex-Manchester United players - and the club's recruitment is a hot topic of conversation in the chat. Young spent nine years at Old Trafford between 2011 and 2020, winning one league title in Sir Alex Ferguson's final season in 2013. The Red Devils have failed to win the league again in the 11 years since, despite spending over £1bn during this period, including £170m last summer on the likes of Rasmus Hojlund, Mason Mount and Andre Onana. This heavy spending did not translate to results on the pitch as United ended up in eighth place, their worst-ever Premier League finish.

Despite beating Brighton 2-0 at the Amex on the final day of the campaign, United (pictured) finished in a lowly eighth and may have missed out on European football altogether. Erik ten Hag finds himself under major pressure and two of his big earners have been recognised among the league's worst performers in light of his side's woes. Surprisingly, one Arsenal (inset) player has also joined them in the team of flops. But who else has made the cut? Here, Mail Sport reveals all...

Everton have delivered an update on injured midfielder Dele Alli, as the Toffees announce they have offered their captain Seamus Coleman a deal to extend his contract by one year.  The club have also confirmed a one-year contract extension has also been offered to Ashley Young following the conclusion of his current deal this summer.  Meanwhile, the Toffees have also chosen to activate an extension clause in Idrissa Gana Gueye's contract, which will see the former Paris Saint-Germain star stay at Goodison Park until June 2025.

Young played at Manchester United during Mourinho's stint at Old Trafford from the summer of 2016 to December 2018, when the Portuguese manager was sacked. The Everton player was a guest on Monday Night Football (left) for Manchester United's 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace. He went on to discuss his time working with Mourinho (right).

The winger turned fullback played under the legendary manager in his final two seasons before retiring in 2013, winning the league title in that final campaign. Notable for an incredible dedication that has seen him continue to perform in the top-flight despite approaching his 39th birthday, Young took time out from his relentless schedule to appear on Sky Sports Monday Night Football. The ex-United star opened up on his time at Old Trafford and praised the man-management skills of his old boss.

Gabby Agbonlahor has poked fun at Gary Neville after Man United's 4-0 defeat at Crystal Palace as he posted a meme mocking the pundit. United slipped to yet another embarrassing loss at Selhurst Park as a double from Michael Olise and goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta and Tyrick Mitchell heaped pressure on Erik ten Hag.  Man United legend Neville is often scathing of his old side after a bad defeat and is usually seen in the Sky Sports studio for Monday Night Football - but was missing for the game as his colleague Jamie Carragher and ex-team-mate Ashley Young covered the match instead. 

Ashley Young has revealed that there were tears in the Manchester United dressing room when Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement in 2013.  Widely seen as one of the greatest managers of all time, Ferguson had been in charge of United since 1986 and had won a wide array of trophies. Young recalled the emotional day in May 2013 when Ferguson called a meeting in the United dressing room to inform the players of the news. 

Ashley Young has lambasted Manchester United for their 'shambolic' defending for Crystal Palace's first goal. Michael Olise showed excellent skill to put Palace in the lead in the 12th minute but Young was alarmed by the amount of space that United afforded him. Speaking on Sky Sports, Young said: 'You look at the first goal, it's crazy the way they're set up. Palace have got a throw-in in their own half.

Gary Neville said he believed Luton are resigned to going down after they were held by Everton on Friday night. The Hatters kept alive their hopes of Premier League survival as Elijah Adebayo's excellent first-half equaliser rescued a 1-1 draw at Kenilworth Road.  Having not started a game since February Luton's top scorer announced his return from injury in spectacular fashion, collecting a high ball on his chest and bamboozling Ashley Young before dispatching a finish beyond Jordan Pickford to earn a valuable point.

IAN LADYMAN: Howard Webb (pictured top left) wants to help but the truth is he is not helping. The head of the refereeing body wants to introduce openness and transparency and dialogue into the relationship between match officials, football clubs and the public. His motives are honourable but standing in front of television cameras and talking about mistakes made by those he is paid to represent is the wrong move driven by the best intentions.

KIERAN GILL: Mail Sport revealed in January how this initiative was set to be introduced for next season and Webb spoke on Tuesday night on why they want to improve the fan experience. Football's lawmakers IFAB have spent more than a year trialling this idea and, with broadcasting the live conversation between referees and VARs still not permitted, the Premier League sees this as the next best solution to lessening confusion.

Howard Webb, the head of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, has admitted Nottingham Forest should have had one penalty in their controversial defeat to Everton on April 21. The visitors to Goodison Park felt that they should have had three spot-kicks awarded in their favour during the Premier League clash, and criticised the officials post-match on social media and in mainstream outlets. Whilst Webb felt that the first two, a foul and a handball, were 'subjective calls' which were correct, he agreed that the third one - Ashley Young's tackle on Callum Hudson-Odoi - should have been reviewed by the referee if VAR had intervened.

Howard Webb (main), the head of Premier League refereeing, will admit Nottingham Forest should have had a penalty in their controversial defeat to Everton earlier this month, according to a new report. The visitors to Goodison Park felt aggrieved that they did not get a single spot-kick in the league game, claiming they had three clear cases for a penalty to be awarded in their favour, all centring around Toffees defender Ashley Young (inset, top right, bottom right). They made a post on X (formerly Twitter) slamming the decision-making of referee Anthony Taylor and his team immediately after the match.

Being manager of Everton is like 'juggling sand', according to boss Sean Dyche who also compared trying to stop the endless negative noise at the club to 'putting your fingers in the dam'. The Toffees won their first home Merseyside Derby since 2010 with a 2-0 win over Liverpool on Wednesday but the club is still hamstrung by financial crises and a protracted takeover saga with the Premier League at odds with prospective American owners 777 Partners at odds. Five senior players are out of contract in the summer including club captain Seamus Coleman, impressive midfielder Idrissa Gana Gueye, plus experienced heads Ashley Young , Andre Gomes and former England star Dele Alli . Two others, Jack Harrison and Arnaut Danjuma, are only on loan. Transfer business in the last few windows has been extremely limited, with Everton dealing mainly in cheap deals and loans in order to balance the financial books. That is likely to continue this summer and Everton might be forced to sell a key asset to help cut losses after the latest set of accounts showed they were £89.1million in the red.

The Premier League has confirmed that Stuart Attwell will referee as planned this weekend, despite Nottingham Forest furiously questioning his integrity while on VAR duty last weekend. The City Ground club released a bombshell statement in the wake of their 2-0 defeat by Everton on Sunday claiming that PGMOL were warned about Attwell 'being a Luton fan' and suggested that the official had acted favourably towards Everton in an effort to help the Hatters' bid for Premier League survival. Only one point separates Forest and Luton with four games to go in the Premier League relegation battle, with Nuno Espirito Santo's side currently holding a slender advantage in 17th.

Nottingham Forest are set to demand an audio transcript of VAR decisions from the PGMOL after the club stated that it would 'consider its options' regarding penalties that were not given in their favour in their 2-0 loss to Everton. The Midlands club released an incendiary statement on social media in the wake of Sunday's defeat which claimed that VAR official Stuart Attwell could be subject to bias as a 'Luton fan'. 'Three extremely poor decisions - three penalties not given - which we simply cannot accept,' the club's post on X (formerly Twitter) read. 

All three penalty shouts were against Ashley Young for fouls on Gio Reyna and Callum Hudson-Odoi as well as a handball. Former Premier League referee Dermot Gallagher has given his views on all three. He has also insisted it is wrong to question Video Assistant Referee Stuart Attwell's integrity - which is exactly what Forest did in the wake of their 2-0 loss on Sunday.

Ashley Young took a brutal swipe at Nottingham Forest on Monday after the furious club condemned 'three extremely poor' referee decisions in the wake of Everton's controversial 2-0 win at Goodison Park. Forest wrote an incendiary post on social media shortly after losing to their relegation rivals on Sunday, 

Gary Neville insists Mark Clattenburg 'must resign' from his role at Nottingham Forest, after the club released a statement accusing VAR Stuart Attwell of showing favouritism towards Luton in the relegation battle. Forest, who were beaten 2-0 by fellow survival hopefuls Everton on Sunday, slammed 'three extremely poor decisions' in a furious statement after the match, claiming Attwell was a 'Luton fan' and that PGMOL were warned of this prior to the clash at Goodison Park. The club were denied three separate penalty claims by match referee Anthony Taylor, with Everton defender Ashley Young the accused culprit for every one. He escaped without conceding a spot-kick for challenges on Giovanni Reyna and Callum Hudson-Odoi, as well as a potential handball. 

IAN HERBERT: Not for the first time in a season which has seen Nottingham Forest behave with an utter lack of class over officiating, the words and example of Brian Clough might be worth consideration. 'I don't take it on board to criticise referees,' Clough said in defeat one night. 'I never have. I never will. What they do, they do. What they do, we accept and we take the consequences.' His beloved club were not served well on Sunday by the operatives at Stockley Park who decided Everton's Ashley Young had not handled, in the face of video evidence to the contrary, or that he had not committed two fouls in the penalty area that could very well have been penalties.