OFFICIAL: Ashley Young joins Ipswich Town on a one-year deal

Ipswich Town is delighted to announce the signing of Ashley Young.

Ashley joins on a one-year deal having spent the vast majority of his career in the Premier League with the likes of Manchester United, Aston Villa, and Everton.

He has made a total of 750 career club appearances to date, scoring 88 goals, and won the Premier League, FA Cup, and Europa League during his time at Old Trafford. Now a wide midfielder or full-back, Ashley also won a Serie A title during a spell in Italy with Inter Milan.

He made his England debut against Austria in November 2007 and won a total of 39 caps for his country, scoring seven goals.

Ashley has spent the last two seasons with Everton, making 32 Premier League appearances during 2024/25, largely as a right-back. He brings versatility, quality, and experience to the Town squad.

“Ashley has had a fantastic career and his achievements speak for themselves,” Kieran McKenna told the club website.

“He has maintained an extremely high level of professionalism and competitiveness through his career and he is still playing at a very good level. We feel his leadership and experience will be valuable to the group this season and he is very hungry to contribute on and off the pitch.

“It’s a very strong signing for the group and the club.”

Ashley came through the youth system at Watford, making his senior debut in 2003 before going on to help the Hornets win promotion to the Premier League through the Championship Play-Offs at the end of the 2005/06 campaign.

He joined Aston Villa midway through the following season, becoming the club’s record signing and going on to make nearly 200 appearances during his first spell at Villa Park.

From there he moved to Manchester United in 2011, making 261 appearances during a spell which saw him win the Premier League title in 2012/13, the FA Cup in 2015/16 and then both the League Cup and Europa League in 2016/17.

An 18-month spell with Inter Milan then saw him become just the third English player to win a Serie A title, following the Nerazzurri’s success in 2020/21. Ashley returned to England in the summer of 2021, firstly for a second spell with Aston Villa ahead of his move to Goodison Park in 2023.

At international level he has represented England at two major tournaments, firstly at EURO 2012 in Ukraine and Poland, before starting five of England’s six games at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.