I thought that Man Utd had the first option on him, or has that lapsed, he is by a quantum leap a better CB than Jones and Smalling put together.
As said earlier, why would any Stoke player want to play for a team lower than us??
A lot of good youngish English talent has languished at City, Rodwell, Sinclair to name but three.
Having said that, Kompany and Shawcross at the back would be quite a fearsome prospect.
I am surprised though that Ryan has stayed with us this long.
Fingers crossed for him, and Bego, Arnie etc