Aston Villa forward Ashley Young has signed a new four-year deal which will keep him at Villa Park until 2012.
The 23-year-old moved to Villa Park from Watford for £9.65m in January 2007.
The England hopeful has been in fine form, having scored four times in 17 appearances for Villa this season.
Young also featured prominently for Villa last season and has already been capped three times by England, however he has not yet established himself at international level.
elite band
He follows John Carew, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Wilfred Bouma and Craig Gardner, who have all signed new long-term deals at Villa since the end of last season.
Young is among an elite band of players who have won the Barclays Player of the Month award twice - having been presented with the accolade in April and October of this year.
