Premier League - United swoop for Stoke starlet

Eurosport - Thu, 08 Jan 15:19:00 2009

Stoke have announced that 20-year-old Belgian defender Ritchie De Laet has moved to Manchester United and signed a three-year deal.

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The clubs have agreed a performance-related payment package for the player, who spent the early part of the season on loan at Wrexham.

De Laet joined Stoke from Royal Antwerp in August 2007 but never made a first-team appearance.

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    From , on Fri 9 Jan 2:46PM

  2. why all this nonesense about sir alex losing it???~~ rememer theo wallcott never played a single game for southampton (or some other team, sorry) before moving to asrenal~~

    From Vitor, on Fri 9 Jan 8:25AM

  3. up man u

    From oyedeji, on Fri 9 Jan 8:14AM

  4. If he's that good why was he not signed up by Derby County?
    Rumour is that he was recommended to man u by Nigel Clough!

    From Nicholas, on Fri 9 Jan 12:28AM

  5. lmao ijrutter...that was hilarious.... SAF is such a boss!

    From Alex, on Thu 8 Jan 9:48PM

  6. scott s you are a fool; evra and vidic are absolute beasts ...you need a serious reality check

    From Alex, on Thu 8 Jan 9:46PM

  7. oh yes peter k it's !!!! barbara !!!! not BARBERA , NEVER MIND WHEN YOU GET TO SECONDARY SCHOOL YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO SPELL BIG WORDS TEE HEE !!!
    PETE NO 1 GARDENER

    From NO 1 GARDENER, on Thu 8 Jan 9:22PM

  8. PETER K ' !!!! IT'S barbara_peter , get it right fergie needs stronger glasses as well
    pete no 1 gardener

    From NO 1 GARDENER, on Thu 8 Jan 9:18PM

  9. For those of you who are confused. This transfer is FROM Stoke TO ManU. No need to thank me :-)

    From Half A Brain, on Thu 8 Jan 9:04PM

  10. SAF: "Ayup Tony, do us a favour and look after one of our Antwerp kiddies for a bit, we haven't got room for him at the moment."

    TP: "No problem, Sir Alex"

    SAF: "Appreciate that Tone, would you like to give Ryan Shawcross a little runout. He needs competitive games."

    TP: "Yeah, smashing, Sir Alex - we'll see how he gets on. What's the chance of keeping Ryan longterm?"

    SAF: "Well Tone, if you keep scratching my back I'll take care of it."

    TP: "I love you, Sir Alex"

    SAF: "I know, Tony"

    From ijrutter, on Thu 8 Jan 8:43PM

  11. what a random transfer, when I first heard I thought it was a joke!
    never played for us and been on loan to wrexham, same situation as a certain Ben Foster
    why are stoke getting people like diatta in whos 33 when we can have young 'uns in the team, surely he must be good if Man U have signed him
    good luck to the lad :)

    From barnz, on Thu 8 Jan 8:22PM

  12. Of course red nose has never bought anyrubbish players. wake up you man losers. you will be wailing like banshies when you don't win the league

    From John L, on Thu 8 Jan 8:21PM

  13. Not every transfer in the is going to be a blockbuster. Don't compare or analyze this in comparison with the big name, big news transfers. It's not fair. And re 14, funny you davidp0145 calling someone illiterate when you don't know the difference between 'their' and 'there'

    From HooRu-s, on Thu 8 Jan 7:43PM

  14. Manu need players who can score goals. Most of players can't score goals, best example is Manu Vs Derby, it is diffficult to think they are going to win anything this year. Something wrong with their training.

    From Augustine, on Thu 8 Jan 7:38PM

  15. this transfer stinks,he signs for utd from stoke even though he has never played a game for them,but he signed for stoke from one of utd's patnership clubs royal antwerp.could this be some sort of case of slipping a young player through the back door.that said,good luck to him not many players get signed by man u

    From JO, on Thu 8 Jan 7:18PM

  16. barbera-peter you never learn Fergie a Genius at mind games!! whats got your goat is your boss still sat on his arse looking while Fergie does; yes FOOL Fergie Walks the Walk NOT talks the talk hahaha pete MUFC

    From PETER K, on Thu 8 Jan 7:05PM

  17. Both Evra and Vidik are on their respective national teams before SAF signed them. But who the hell is this bloke?

    From Investor27, on Thu 8 Jan 6:53PM

  18. Is this another case of Sir Red Nose tapping up? If it is, SRN has stopped shopping at Marks & Spencers and started at Poundland!

    From stephenjones272, on Thu 8 Jan 6:42PM

  19. ferguson talks a load of @#$% , 'quote ' thats it bought who i wanted jan window is closed for us now ,i'm happy with what i got .' unquote'
    also every body saying how honest he was for his comments on last nights game , derby out played them , fergi had to bring out his top guns to try and win , which was only a compliment to derby , ronaldo and shrek were @#$% as well , which again was down to derby , if they go down in the 2nd leg , they would of already had their own cup victory , good on you derby ,you deserved
    it pete no1 gardener

    From NO 1 GARDENER, on Thu 8 Jan 6:24PM

  20. exactly. if he signed for bolton or someone then the word starlet wouldnt have got near this title. (no offence bolton)

    From yip, on Thu 8 Jan 5:35PM
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