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Aston Villa youngster Kadan Young has signed his first professional contract with the club after he celebrated his 17th birthday yesterday.
The teenager has been involved in first-team training sessions at Bodymoor Heath since Unai Emery was appointed as the club’s new head coach back in November. He has also been named amongst the substitues for three Premier League games this season, including the club’s last two league matches against Wolves and Leeds United.
A club statement reads: “Aston Villa is pleased to announce that Kadan Young has signed his first professional contract with the club. The winger signed his Under-18 scholarship in the summer and has been a regular fixture for Villa’s Under-21s this term. Young has also trained regularly with the first team of late and has appeared on the bench for the senior side on a number of occasions.”
Villa ‘s academy manager Mark Harrison said: “We are delighted to see Kadan sign his first professional contract. He has been with us for many years and this is a great reflection of his hard work and the commitment shown by him and his family, who have given him great support.
It was arguably Aston Villa’s finest ever Premier League result and, as one of “their own”, the significance will not have been lost on Dean Smith.
Villa are firmly back in the national consciousness after their remarkable disembowelment of champions Liverpool and Smith’s squad will head into the international break on a tidal wave of optimism.
Smith’s fingernails have only just returned to normal length after last season’s mad scramble to safety on the final day, yet now there is hope that brighter times could be ahead.
Less than five weeks ago, many supporters were panicking over a perceived lack of transfer activity and fearing another season of struggle until protracted negotiations with Brentford finally reached their conclusion.
Those negotiations ended with Ollie Watkins completing his club record £28 million move to Villa Park and Smith’s belief in the forward was emphatically rewarded with the hat-trick against Liverpool on Sunday.
Watkins conducted his post-match interviews with the matchball under his arm and bemoaned the fact that he should have scored five goals. Yes, it was one of those nights at Villa Park.
The loan signing of Ross Barkley from Chelsea, as first revealed by Telegraph Sport, was further proof that Villa mean business this season.
Barkley’s decision to join Villa has enabled talismanic captain Jack Grealish to have more freedom – against Liverpool he became the first player in Premier League history to have a hand in five goals in a single game with two goals and three assists.
