After putting pen to paper on a two-year contract with Torquay United, many of the Plainmoor faithful will be pining their hopes on former Plymouth Argyle midfielder Luke Young filling the void in the Gulls' central midfield left by Eunan O'Kane's 2012 departure to AFC Bournemouth.
Young, 21, who hails from Ivybridge is Torquay manager Chris Hargreaves' second signing of the close season - after Louis Briscoe- and is hoped his arrival will inject new spark and creativity into the Gulls' midfield.
Since O'Kane's £175,000 switch to the Goldsands Stadium, Torquay have badly missed the skill of the young Irishman- leaving a void that Hargreaves' predecesors, Martin Ling and Alan Knill, were unable to fill.
Several players were deployed in his former position: Ian Morris, Nathan Craig and Joss Labadie to name but a few; sadly none of them proved to be an effective long-term solution.
Young now has the opportunity to plug the gap and make the position his own.
After he was handed his professional debut, as a 17 year-old, by Peter Reid against Bournemouth in January 2011, shortly before the Pilgrims went into Administration, Young went on to make a further 107 appearances- in all competitions- and scored eight goals, the first of which came against the Gulls on New Year's Day 2012.
The experience that he gained during that time will stand him in good stead as he looked set to benefit from further opportunities of regular first team football at Plainmoor, and there is also possibility of him earning England C' honours.
Shortly after he was released by Pilgrims' manager John Sheridan, Young said the decision could be the making of him, and his acquisition by Torquay could help to turn Hargreaves' plans to get the Gulls back into the Football League as soon as possible into reality.
