Matty James and Ritchie De Laet

Signed these two up. Confirmed by De Laet on Twitter.

 

Some Man United fan claiming to work for MUTV has said it's a done deal, 3 year contracts for both but he's heard nothing about how much.

 

Good good!

 

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The lad looks rapid..

 

They´ll be good in the npower & seem to be good pro´s that just get on with the football.
Any chance of getting Yakubu back ? he´d be ace with Nuggent up front.

 

No chance of Yak coming back. Nigel wont put up with his work rate

 

@OfficialFOXES: Ritchie De Laet and Matty James have joined the Foxes from Manchester United today, see http://t.co/eLoYi3Vk for the full story. #lcfc

 

Leicester City have today (Tuesday) reached an agreement with Manchester United for the transfer of Ritchie De Laet and Matty James.

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Defender Ritchie, 23, and midfielder Matty, 20, will join the Foxes for an undisclosed fee, signing until June 2015.

Leicester City manager Nigel Pearson said: "Ritchie and Matthew are both players we have been monitoring for some time and we are very pleased to be able to bring them both to the Club.

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"Both are hungry, young players with winning mentalities, experience of Championship football and a desire to be successful. They will add considerable quality to the squad."

Belgium-born De Laet, a versatile defender and a full international, arrives at King Power Stadium following a recent loan spell with Premier League Norwich City. He made six appearances for the United first team, including three in the Premier League, after joining from Stoke City in January 2009, having started his career with Royal Antwerp.

While at Old Trafford, he also enjoyed loan spells with Sheffield United, Preston North End and Portsmouth and won two senior Belgium caps during his time with the Red Devils.

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Bacup-born James, an England Under-20 international, proved equally adaptable during his time as a young professional, operating in defence as well as thriving in his more customary midfield position.

After graduating from the United academy, he signed professional terms in July 2009 and was a central figure for the reserves before two successful loan spells with Preston North End, where he made 32 appearances and scored three goals.

 

http://www.lcfc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10274~2773743,00.html

 

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...-and-Matty-James-join-Leicester.aspx?pageNo=2

 

hope james can stay fit...

https://twitter.com/#!/James_Matthew1/status/202486729603686401/photo/1

 

Very good signing
Fast, skillful.

Made too many mistakes in the prem, but he's young and needed more experience as he was in and out of the squad.

 

Do we think De Laet is a potential new RB or a centre half?

 

Cb, 100%.

 

I think he will be the right back

 

serious question. (Ipswich Fan in Peace)

Does this open the door for certain players to leave. We all know Ipswich have been keen on St. Ledger for a while, also are you guys likely to spend big again this season, I rate Pearson as a manager and can see he will be a little more economical with the money as opposed to throwing it at overated players

 

ask pearson, if your interested in some ****e, we are having a special discount close season sale...no resonable offer refused....thats REASONABLE ...!

 

Hes said that he will fund some new transfers from sales of players, so SSL may leave, Mills is a certainty.

But Pearson is the kind of guy that will always look to improve the defense, so is more active buying defenders.

 

We will spend alot but nothing like last season

SSL could be avalible but he might not. Alot will depend on how he plays at the Euros

If he has a good tournement then his price tag will jump and there will be alot of interest from Prem teams

 

Just watched the foxes player vids, does everyone from the Man U setup say "ye'know" at the end of every sentence, Danns is quite good at it too