Ashley Young has just turned 40, but the veteran star wants to continue playing and can fall to the championship and return to Watford, which he left in 2007
Ashley Young has no plans to retire, despite turning 40 and attracts interest from Watford, where he first started a career who saw him play for 22 seasons. The ex-manchester United star made more than 30 performances for Everton in the last term, which showed that he can still play regularly in the Premier League, but the Toffees was released and is looking for a new club.
A romantic option could see him go back to Vicarage Road with the Hornets, who are looking for promotion from the championship this season. Young still has to stop the top flight since he helps Watford to win promotion in 2006.
Talksport reports that the club is not worried about its age or fitness, but the final decision will leave to the new boss Paulo Pezzolano while turning out his recruitment. Young previously made 100 performances for Watford and scored 22 times before they left halfway through their relegation year in 2007.
The veteran now has plans to call it a day and recently said: “It has been one of those things that I have played so much this season. I feel so fit. I don't feel as fit as I have done for years. I just want to keep playing, anyway, how does that may not seem to be done.
“I will certainly continue next season. In any way. I will not be younger. I will be 40 in July. I feel just as fit as when I was in the twenties. I will certainly continue. The statistics are there – I have played 31 times this season and I feel that I can continue.”
After leaving Watford, the career of Young continued to go into force. While he was in Villa, he continued to impress and played in one side that threatened to crack the top four. He spent more than four years in Villa Park before attracting the attention of Sir Alex Ferguson.
United signed Young for £ 17 million in 2011 and he was immediately a hit and won his only only title in his second season with the club. He would later enjoy a Renaissance at a converted wing back and saw him continue to play for England, where he won 39 caps.
He would leave Manchester in 2019 to become a member of Inter Milan, where he spent two years before he returned to England to have a second spell with a villa. Everton was the next club on his CV and Watford could now try to use that experience to help their ambitions this period.