Aston Villa forward Brad Young has completed a season-long loan move to League Two side Carlisle United, as announced by his parent club's official website this afternoon.

In a sparkling 2020/21 campaign, the prodigious youngster netted 21 goals combined for Aston Villa's under-18 and under-23 sides [avfc.co.uk]. He also made his senior debut earlier this year, featuring as a substitute for a depleted Villa outfit in their 4-1 FA Cup defeat at home to Liverpool [BBC].

The 18-year-old has now completed a move to Brunton Park for the upcoming campaign in order to gain more first team experience, with the aforementioned FA Cup clash his only exposure to senior football thus far [Transfermarkt].

He may be in line for his Carlisle debut as soon as tomorrow night, when they travel to their divisional rivals Port Vale in a League Two encounter [News & Star].

In light of this news, plenty of Aston Villa diehards took to social media to express their delight at Young securing a loan move to the Cumbrian outfit.

Aston Villa fans react:

Replying to Aston Villa's official Twitter channel, here is what some fans had to say about the "fantastic" loan announcement:

"great move for him"

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"Great move all round"

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"Will be a fantastic addition for Carlisle. Go get em lad."
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"Guess I’ll be watching all the Carlisle games then, as I think this lad is going to turn out to be a superstar. Hope he has a productive and successful loan and comes back ready to don the claret and blue for years to come. Best of luck and UTV!"
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"Good luck Brad. Smash it"
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"Good luck Brad"
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