Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Stoke City na-agbakwunye na Standard Liege kpakpando Thibaut Verlinden. Onye na-agba bọọlụ dị afọ iri na ise bụ onye a na-akwanyere ùgwù nke ukwuu na ndị otu egwuregwu U16 nke Belgium ma nwee ule na Liverpool na Everton. Club Brugge na Anderlecht egosipụtakwala mmasị mana Verlinden, onye nna ya Dany bụbu onye na-eche nche, dị njikere ịbịanye aka na July 9 mgbe ọ gbara afọ iri na isii. Thibaut Verlinden (n'aka nri), na-eme ihe maka Belgium megide England U16, yiri ka ọ ga-esonye Stoke City. Onye nchịkwa Stoke bụ Mark Hughes ekwenyekwala onye na-agba bọọlụ na Barcelona bụ Mohamed El Ouriachi dị afọ iri na itoolu ka ọ bịa n'oge okpomọkụ a. Hughes kwuru sị: 'Anyị na-agba mbọ imeziwanye ogo nke ndị na-erubeghị afọ 21 iji nweta ọtụtụ ndị na-eto eto na-akụ aka n'ọnụ ụzọ nke ndị otu egwuregwu mbụ. Nke ahụ bụ nzube anyị.' Stoke ka nwere mmasị na Lee Cattermole nke Sunderland onye a kwụsịtụrụ mkparịta ụka nkwekọrịta ya ruo mgbe a ga-ekpebi ọdịnihu ha na Premier League. Mohamed El Ouriachi na-asọ mpi maka bọọlụ na Barcelona, ma a ga-esonye Stoke n'oge okpomọkụ a.
Onye Belgium dị afọ iri na ise bụ onye a mara ikpe na Liverpool na Everton. Thibaut Verlinden ga-esonyere Stoke mgbe ọ gbara afọ iri na isii n'ọnwa Julaị. Mark Hughes ga-ejikwa Moha El Ouriachi si Barcelona banye n'oge okpomọkụ a.