Jordan Young has joined National League South side Torquay United for an undisclosed fee, both clubs have confirmed tonight.
The attacker has left Huish Park after finding minutes on the pitch hard to come by this season in a widely-anticipated move to Devon following comments by manager Mark Cooper after the weekend’s 3-1 home win over Maidenhead United on Saturday.
He told BBC Somerset reporter Ian Randall: “We have had an offer for Jordan, so we are discussing that and we will take some time over the weekend to consider that. All I will say is we have to keep evolving we have to keep making the squad better and make sure everyone who comes here is desperate to play for us and all I will say is trust what we are doing.”
In its statement about the departure on Monday, the club said: “The club extends its gratitude to Jordan for his efforts and contributions while at Yeovil Town and wishes him every success in the future.”
Torquay manager and former-Glovers’ midfielder Paul Wotton said: “Jordan is a player who excelled for Yeovil last season in the National League South, and he’s been very, very good this season for Yeovil in the National League. He’s a player who brings creativity, pace and quality to the squad.”
The 25-year old joined from Chippenham Town in the 2022/23 season and despite being relegated with the Glovers was instrumental in our return to the National League Premier at the first time of asking.
Young leaves as a National League South champion and for that, we are forever grateful.
All the best at Torquay, Jordan, thanks for sharing that wand of a left foot with us.
Huge talent. Hopefully a decision that doesn’t come back to bite Yeovil Town.
We’ll see how things turn out.
And good to see comments are mainly positive about the lad. If he’d gone to W*ymouth might be a bit different.