{"id":1099986,"date":"2019-08-04T18:50:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T17:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1099986"},"modified":"2019-09-29T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T17:00:12","slug":"man-utd-captain-young-solskjaer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-captain-young-solskjaer\/","title":{"rendered":"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirms Ashley Young will be Man Utd captain next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Ashley Young will serve as the club&#8217;s captain this season \u2013 but is not assured of game time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Young frequently donned the armband when selected last season as Antonio Valencia struggled with injury and Solskjaer has confirmed that the veteran will be given the job on a permanent basis for the 2019\/20 campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>A huge achievement for Young: Five things to know&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Young will become Man Utd&#8217;s third captain in three seasons.<\/li>\n<li>The previous two, Michael Carrick and Valencia, both left at the end of their respective seasons.<\/li>\n<li>The full-back joins the likes of Wayne Rooney and Roy Keane as Man Utd club captains.<\/li>\n<li>Young has made 180 appearances for the Red Devils.<\/li>\n<li>He signed a contract in February, keeping him at the club until 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7330203-it-s-easy-to-get-backwards-but-liverpool-s-dependence-on-their-front-three-isn-t-a-weakness\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper David de Gea wore the armband during their 2-2 draw with AC Milan in Cardiff earlier this week and when asked about the captaincy, Solskjaer revealed his plans.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/ole-gunnar-solskjaer-confirms-man-18824995\">said<\/a>: &#8220;David&#8217;s obviously in contention. Ash, when he&#8217;s on the pitch, will carry the armband. When Ash starts, he&#8217;ll be carrying the armband.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Solskjaer then admitted the current situation is comparable to Gary Neville&#8217;s final season at the club. Whilst Neville was the official club captain, his limited game-time saw Nemanja Vidic led the side for most of the season, which means Young could hold the captaincy in title alone this term.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd spent \u00a350 million on right-back Aaron Wan-Bissaka this summer, who is in line to replace the skipper in the line-up this season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How will Jurgen Klopp setup Liverpool?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BkH1a6Bd4KE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Fans&#8217; reaction<\/h2>\n<p>Young became something of a scapegoat last campaign after a string of poor performances. Many supporters were calling for his head, but Solskjaer stayed loyal to the veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd fans appear to be underwhelmed at the announcement but many are convinced Young will not feature regularly for the Red Devils regardless.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People losing their minds over Ashley Young getting CLUB CAPTAIN remember what happened when Valencia was club captain short memories ?<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; jimmy (@jimmyneale2608) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyneale2608\/status\/1158027070926143490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/KidusFirde\/status\/1157735619025653760<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ashley Young is my club Captain. He may not be good atm but he loves this club. So have some respect.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; One Love (@abbausmanUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abbausmanUK\/status\/1157966973113962496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ashley Young when he&#39;s announced as club captain but remembers he won&#39;t be playing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#mufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EsX7iOlrxd\">pic.twitter.com\/EsX7iOlrxd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; bazu (@_SpiderWan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_SpiderWan\/status\/1157941246838620160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ashley Young named as the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a> club captain.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, why? <\/p>\n<p>As long as AWB and Shaw stay fit, he\u2019s getting nowhere near the starting XI, and when he inevitably leaves next summer, he\u2019ll have been our third single-season captain in a row.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d have given it to Maguire.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ???? ??????? (@JoshPASamuels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshPASamuels\/status\/1157772564044951554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ole has just confirmed that Ashley Young will be captain for the 2019\/2020 season. That&#39;s a huge problem. Your captain has to play week in week out, and I&#39;m assuming he won&#39;t do so. Just shows you that we give the armband to veterans, not people with actual captain material.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rizeh (@UtdDxn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UtdDxn\/status\/1157740240435601409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ashley Young will be United\u2019s Captain whenever he\u2019s on the pitch, please stay fit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awbissaka?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@awbissaka<\/a> ??<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MUFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Richard (@RichardKeenan3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardKeenan3\/status\/1157759623342018561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"66c974de-b77b-4864-9922-f0029ea5359e\" data-show-info=\"false\" data-show-share=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Ashley Young will serve as the club&#8217;s captain this season \u2013 but is not assured of game time. 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