Batumi did very well, but the championship was cut down at the end due to some suspicion of abnormal betting movements in the competition (none that involved his team though). Ridder accepted the challenge of taking the role of Technical Director of Dayu FC in Beijing China - a very popular club created by a former star of Chinese football. While with Dayu, de Ridder started with setting up the bases of excellence through developing the youth academy players with the 360 CFT method. Progress was evident and immediate. Organizing international exposure for players and producing attractive and efficient football players were the quintessential objectives. After 12 months the club was bought by investors from inner Mongolia. de Ridder continued to develop the team and the youth system working from the region of Hohhot. Throughout his career, De Ridder is known to work with players, developing their skill sets by applying the 360 CFT method. He has worked and discovered a lot of new players during his tenure in India. During his two stints with Indian football giant East Bengal, De Ridder discovered footballers like Jayanta Sen, Anupam Sarkar, Budhiram Tudu etc. He also worked with senior players like Mehtab Hossain, Bhaichung Bhutia and Harmanjot Khabra to transform and develop their playing abilities. It has to be noted that after training Mehtab Hossain with the 360 method, he went on to win the award of being the Best Player in India. This was when Hossain was on the verge of being removed from the East Bengal roster because of his poor performances and injury proneness in the previous seasons. He was also responsible for giving opportunities to goalkeepers like Abhra Mondal and Gurpreet Singh Sandhu. Gurpreet went on to become the first ever Indian to play a competitive match for the first team of a top-division European club and the fifth Indian to play professionally in Europe. He is also the first Indian to play in the UEFA Europa League. Ridder's biggest find during his time with United Sikkim was Sandesh Jhingan. The defender was not even making the bench when De Ridder took over. However, after working in training with him, Jhingan developed drastically. De Ridder also provided Jhingan with a chance to become the first Indian player to go to China and trial for a club in the Chinese First Division Football League. Jhingan is currently a regular starter for the Indian National Football Team.