Ashley Young calms Manchester United transfer talk

Last updated : 31 May 2011 By Daily Mail

Young has only 12 months remaining of his current contract at Aston Villa and is being strongly linked with a move to Manchester United.

But the former Watford player is determined to look no further than the clash with the Swiss as he strives to cement a place in Fabio Capello's starting line-up.

Playing it cool: Young would rather focus on international duty than a possible move to Old Trafford

Young said: 'To be honest, I've said I'll speak to the manager (Gerard Houllier) and chairman (Randy Lerner) at the end of the season.

'I've got to concentrate on this game and then we'll see what happens regarding talking to them after this game.'

Young has refused to sign an improved or extended contract and is almost certain leave Villa for around ?15million.?But in the short term he is hoping to build on his impressive performances for his country against Denmark, Wales and Ghana.

Young scored the winner against Denmark and set up three goals against Wales and Ghana when part of the starting line-up.

He said: 'The game against Denmark was one of my best for England and to get on the scoresheet and get the winner was an added bonus.

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'I feel, with the last two games I've started, I've done really well and hopefully, when it comes to Saturday's game, I will have done enough to get into the starting line-up.

'It is always an honour to get into the England squad and I'm now starting to establish myself more in the squad and we've had positive results in these last two games.

'I think I'm giving the manager a lot more to think about with my performances. When you are in the team as a winger, you are there to create goals or score them yourself.'

Young feels comfortable in the 4-3-3 formation being preferred by Capello.

He said: 'I think it has worked really well. The interchanging between the midfielders and the front three was excellent, especially against Wales. It is a system which has a lot of pluses to it.'

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The opportunity could be there for Young to switch back to the second striker role in which he excelled against Denmark as Wayne Rooney is suspended for the Switzerland game.

Young said: 'Wazza is a great loss but we have a lot of players in the squad that can come in and play in that position.

'I'm sure the boys are raring to go and looking for the chance to get into the team. There are a lot of players fighting for positions.'

England need to overcome the Swiss to keep on course for the Euro 2012 finals.

Young said: 'If we build on the last two games, I'm sure we will be able to get the three points. We want to keep the good form going of late and put in a good performance for England before going away for the summer.'?

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Source: Daily Mail

Source: Daily Mail