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Jamie Young, the goalie for Melbourne City, is set to stay with the team for a minimum of one more season. Image courtesy of Scott Gardiner/Getty Images

After agreeing to a new one-year contract with Melbourne City, seasoned goalie Jamie Young will play for at least one more season.

After joining City in July of last year from Western United, the 38-year-old title-winning gloveman made 38 appearances for the team in all competitions during the 2023–24 season.

Young remarked, “I knew it was the right decision to make when the club came to me about re-signing. I’ve enjoyed playing for Melbourne City.”

“I’ve always told myself that my goal was to play for as long as I could and to compete at the best level, and at City, that goal is attainable.”

Young spent 12 years in the UK before beginning his domestic career in 2014 with Brisbane Roar. He has played in 260 games across all competitions for three A-League clubs.

Michael Petrillo, City’s football director, praised Young’s “experience” and “leadership”.

Jamie is a skilled shot-blocker who has excelled in the league for many years, according to Petrillo.

But what he brings off the field is just as valuable. He is a person who consistently upholds the greatest standards.

“His younger teammates look up to him; he is a great mentor.”A-League Men Rd 21 - Central Coast Mariners v Melbourne City

Jamie Young has extended his stay at Melbourne City. Picture: Scott Gardiner/Getty Images However, while Young is remaining at City, Portuguese defender Nuno Reis is departing the Melbourne club he joined in January 2021. “It’s a bittersweet feeling to be leaving a club where I’ve made so many fond memories,” said Reis, who won a championship and three premierships with City. “This has been the best squad I’ve been a part of across my career and it’s been amazing to be part of such a highly successful era.” Meanwhile, Brisbane Roar have confirmed the signing of former US youth international defender Marcus Ferkranus. As revealed by News Corp Australia last month, 21-year-old Ferkranus will join the Roar from Los Angeles Galaxy, where he played for Ventura County – the Galaxy’s reserves team – in the MLS Next Pro competition. Ferkranus, who spent part of his childhood in Queensland, won’t take up a visa-player spot in Brisbane’s squad as his mother was born in Sydney. “I’m very excited to be coming to play for the Roar and I’m ready to give everything to this club and for these fans,” Ferkranus said. “This was the first professional club I watched live as a young kid growing up here and it means so much to me to come back here and fight for this badge.”
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