According to Sky Sports News, The Star is reporting that Doncaster boss Sean O'Driscoll is not interested in Manchester United youngster Ritchie De Laet. O'Driscoll said,

"We watched Manchester United reserves and there were four or five players that we would like .

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You can imagine the disappointment of United fans after the derby defeat to Liverpool but I am pretty sure the Carling Cup game against Barnsley put a smile on their faces. First team players Owen, Obertan, Evans and Brown proved they've got plenty to offer in team's quest for trophies, but it is the youngsters that impressed me the most.

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From Oakwell, Attendance 20,019 , Referee Chris Foy Barnsley 0 2 Manchester United

Danny Welbeck (6)
Michael Owen (59)
Gary Neville (s/o 63)

View Video Highlights Barnsley Team Statistics Manchester United 0 Goals 2 4 Shots On Target 5 12 Shots Off Target 3 1 Shots Blocked 2 9 Corners 9 2 Offsides 1 15 Fouls 9 3 Yellow Cards 2 0 Red Cards 1 44. Click to continue reading...

A Magnus Eikrem first half free-kick and two late second half goals from Febian Brandy and Zoran Tosic gave Man United a fairly comfortable win over Blackburn Rovers.
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According to Sky Sports News, Manchester United starlet Ritchie De Laet signed a new three-year deal with the club.

According to Thomas Vocher at Sky Sports News, Manchester United goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler is interested in being loaned out in January.

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Manchester United have today confirmed that Ritche De Laet will be a United player until at least 2012. The Belgian defender was offered a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford for the foreseeable future (not entirely sure in what capacity, but at least he'll be here). De Laet, now 20, was a surprise signing from Stoke, as he had never played for their first team.

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Manchester United have today confirmed that Ritche De Laet will be a United player until at least 2012. The Belgian defender was offered a new contract that will keep him at Old Trafford for the foreseeable future (not entirely sure in what capacity, but at least he'll be here). De Laet, now 20, was a surprise signing from Stoke, as he had never played for their first team.

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Man United defender Ritchie de Laet has signed a new contract, which will see him at Old Trafford until 2012.
The 20-year old joined Man United from Stoke City January 2009 and since then he has made only two first team appearances for United.
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It seems as though Ritchie de Laet has impressed the manager as much as he impressed most of our fans given that he has just been offered a new three year contract extension.

We last saw him in the Wolves League Cup game but he previously put in impressive performances against Hull last season and Valencia in a pre-season friendly.

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Ritchie de Laet has been handed a new contract by Alex Ferguson as the 20 year old defender nears his first team break through.

De Laet only signed for United in January and has so far made two first team appearances; a Premiership win over Hull last season and a substitute appearance in the Carling Cup this season when he was brought on after just 30 minutes following Fabio's red card against Wolves.

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Who: Manchester United and Wolverhampton Wanderers
What: The Carling Cup
Where: Old Trafford, Manchester, England
When: Wednesday, August 23, 2009 (8:00 PM GMT or 3:00 PM EST)
Why: Because United must defend their title in a cup that no one (aside from nerdy bloggers such as myself) appears to really care all that much about.

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The summer has whizzed past us, like it always does. Today we have the glorified friendly, the Community Shield. In my mind I haven't looked at it beyond what it is; a friendly and perhaps an opportunity for fans to grasp at the slim straw of bragging rights going into the season.

Most of you, I'm sure, would recall the shit-hurling contest last year; a nil-nil draw leading to a penalty-shootout and everyone, save for Tevez, were sauntering along trying to feign excitement at the winning goal.

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Gallery, Images, Photos and Pictures of Manchester United v Valencia CF, Pre-Season Friendly Match, Old Trafford. Includes Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney, Zoran Tosic, Rio Ferdinand, Edwin van der Sar, Tom Cleverley, Tomasz Kuszczak, Federico Macheda, Luis Antonio Valencia, Jonny Evans, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick and Ritchie de Laet. Click to continue reading...

Ritchie De Laet enjoyed his home début in a friendly against Valencia last night, putting in a good performance from right-back in our 2-0 win.

After the game he reveals he only found out he was playing at the last minute but Rio Ferdinand helped settle his nerves.

"I only found out I was playing when the boss did his team talk," said De Laet.

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Another win for United in the pre-season, making it six out of seven for the summer of 2009. A 2-0 win over the sixth best side in Spain is good preparation for the Community Shield on Sunday, as we're ten days away from the season!

Positives
Antonio Valencia - The press have questioned, repeatedly, how Sir Alex Ferguson reckons a Wigan winger who's scored a handful of goals over the past few seasons is going to replace Cristiano Ronaldo.

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So United took on Valencia in a match that I (for some reason) thought was supposed to be the Testimonial for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Perhaps not? Regardless, a rather young United side managed to knock two past their Spanish counterparts and managed to look rather convincing in the process.

Second half goals from Wayne Rooney and Tom Cleverley (both assisted by a once again impressive Antonio Valencia) gave United the victory, and made me even more excited about this Sunday's Charity Shield match against Chelsea.

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Manchester United traveled to take on Spanish club Valencia on Wednesday as the two teams are just a week or two away from the start of their domestic leagues. Here's a recap of the friendly match along with video highlights.

Manchester United beats Valencia 2-0 Video Highlights

The two teams met at Old Trafford as Michael Owen started up top with Wayne Rooney.

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Arsenal announced their first summer signing, unveiling Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen (23) as heir apparent to, well, probably Sol Campbell.

He is the first Belgian to play for Arsenal (I think) which I interpret as more evidence in support of one of my more bizarre beliefs; Belgium could become one of the best teams around within the next 5-10 years.

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First off, apologies for the lull in activity during the weekend prior to the biggest game of the season but things have been busy. Real busy. Anyway, I'm here now and no time like the present to do some blogging.

As the title suggests, the team that Fergie put out (mostly youngsters but not exclusively) was more than good enough to beat Hull and therefore silence any possible critics on the matter.

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RIP Andrew Marshall Off The Post is sad to report the imminent death of one Andrew Marshall. Mr Marshall chose Wikipedia as a suitable medium to tell the world that he would shoot himself if Ritchie De Laet ever played a Premier League game for Manchester United. The Wiki-boast came in the wake of the Belgian youngster's [. Click to continue reading...

Hull City 0-1 Man Utd

An under strength Manchester United squad managed to see off a spirited Hull City, but despite the home side's loss they managed to survive the drop.

Newcastle lost 1-0 against Aston Villa, while Middlesbrough were beaten 2-1 by West Ham and now means that both are relegated.

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Belgian youngster drops his team in it by stating the obvious Manchester United fringe player Ritchie De Laet has left lawyers at the three relegation-threatened North East clubs circling around Old Trafford after suggesting Sir Alex Ferguson will field a weakened side against Hull City on the final day of the season. Click to continue reading...

The madness is over, the phones are silenced, and January transfer window is closed. With all the snow and traffic collapse in London, the news of the day was Andrei Arshavin's transfer to Arsenal. A real soap opera lasted over 24 hours, minute after minute contradictory news arrived and it even seemed that nothing is [. Click to continue reading...

Stoke have announced that 20-year-old defender Ritchie De Laet has moved to Manchester United and signed a three-year deal. De Laet joined Stoke from Royal Antwerp in August 2007 but never made a first-team appearance. More... Bayern Munich general manager Uli Hoeness has slammed AC Milan for caving in to [. Click to continue reading...

After signing Tosic and Ljajic Fergie said that, that was the end of Manchester United doing business in this transfer window but it looks like that is not the case. The breaking news is that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...

After signing Tosic and Ljajic Fergie said that, that was the end of Manchester United doing business in this transfer window but it looks like that is not the case. The breaking news is that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Click to continue reading...