Luke Young tonight completed his move to Villa Park and reflected: "This was too good an opportunity to miss."

The England international became Villa's second new full-back of the day as he completed his move from Barclays Premier League rivals Middlesbrough.

And, speaking to AVTV Online the right-back told www.avfc.co.uk: "I'm really pleased to be here at Villa. It's happened quite quickly.One minute I was training up at Boro and the next I'm down here for a medical.

"Obviously I'm glad to be here now but it could have been a year earlier. There was interest last summer but it didn't quite happen for whatever reason. I'm just glad to find myself here now.

"I think this is a great opportunity for me to try and win something.I think at the minute Villa are a notch above Boro and there's a great opportunity for me to play European football as well."

Young could go straight into the side for next week's UEFA Cup qualifier against Icelandic side FH Hafnarfjordur.

And he added: "The chance of European football was definitely an important factor in my decision. You always want to test yourself at the highest level.

"I had a brief stint playing European football at Tottenham but that was almost 10 years ago and it will be great to get another chance this season.

"It's definitely a case that Villa's ambitions match my own. I've worked hard over the last 10 years to perhaps get this chance to show what I can do on a little bit of a higher stage."

Tune into AVTV Online for more from Villa's two new signings.