{"id":849231,"date":"2025-05-18T16:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/everton-confirm-young-departure-ahead-of-goodison-goodbye\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T16:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T21:12:47","slug":"everton-confirm-young-departure-ahead-of-goodison-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/everton-confirm-young-departure-ahead-of-goodison-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"Everton confirm Young departure ahead of Goodison goodbye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmwebhandler.aff-online.com\/C\/35442?sr=155474&#038;anid=\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/wp-content\/themes\/SN\/images\/300x250_HR.gif\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Young will depart Everton at the end of the season following the expiration of his contract, the club confirmed in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Squad members Asmir Begovic and Joao Virginia, whose contracts are also due to expire this summer, will also depart.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Young\u2019s departure comes a day after David Moyes confirmed that club captain and long-serving veteran Seamus Coleman would remain at Everton next season.<\/p>\n<p>Everton will host already-relegated Southampton in their final home game of the season on Sunday, bidding farewell to Goodison Park ahead of their move to the newly named Hill Dickinson Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince my return to the club, I\u2019ve seen what a great professional Ashley is and know the leadership qualities he has brought to the squad during his time at Everton,\u201d Moyes said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis versatility, experience and know-how have also been really beneficial to the team and me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moyes also addressed the complex situation regarding several players reaching the end of their contracts, adding: \u201cThis is a complicated situation in many respects, with so many players out of contract this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to me to speak with all of those players, individually, to give them clarity on their situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> An impact and influence that lived up to a glistening CV. Your experience, leadership and versatility all proved invaluable throughout your two years in royal blue.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/youngy18?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> @youngy18 <\/a> ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HS2KPM2cGs\"> pic.twitter.com\/HS2KPM2cGs <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Everton (@Everton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Everton\/status\/1923736298558284242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"> May 17, 2025 <\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Young, a Premier League champion with Manchester United, joined Everton in 2023 and has made 68 appearances for the club, finding the back of the net twice.<\/p>\n<p>He ranks 18th in the Premier League all-time appearance list with 483 appearances across his 22-year career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to thank both Sean [Dyche] and David [Moyes] for giving me the opportunity to play for this club,\u201d the 39-year-old said in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo all the staff that have been on this journey, thank you all for everything you\u2019ve done and, in whatever way, you\u2019ve helped trust me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen of course, you players, I have loved every minute of every day being in and sharing the dressing room with you. We\u2019ve had ups and downs, people going against us; but our togetherness inside our dressing room has got us through tough times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow to you fans, you\u2019re a tough bunch, but thank you for your support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had my doubters and haters, I\u2019m all for it as I know you have seen the passion, determination, fight and winning mentality I have had all throughout my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Young ended with a message to the fans about the upcoming season, adding: \u201cI just want to say keep being together and move into the new stadium, giving the Evertonians what they deserve, which I believe is good football, hunger, fight, desire and winning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow is going to be full of so many emotions for everyone, but let\u2019s leave Goodison smiling and happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s match against Southampton will be Everton\u2019s 2,789th and final game at Goodison Park in all competitions, where they currently have a record of 1537 wins, 660 draws, and 591 losses.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccernews.com\/everton-confirm-young-departure-ahead-of-goodison-goodbye\/385610\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>SoccerNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Ashley Young will depart Everton at the end of the season following the expiration of his contract, the club confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Squad members Asmir Begovic and Joao Virginia, whose contracts are also due to expire this summer, will also depart. The news of Young\u2019s departure comes a day after David [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":849232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3355,33376,2005],"tags":[8307,44905],"class_list":{"0":"post-849231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-confirm","8":"category-everton","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-confirm","11":"tag-everton"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}