SHAY GIVEN JOINS STOKE CITY AS A FREE AGENT.

Shay Given who was released by Aston Villa , and was a free agent now, was swooped up in the goalkeepers merry go round. Petr Cech signed for Arsenal, Asmir Begovic , signed for Chelsea from Stoke City, Shay Given moved from Aston Villa to Stoke City. Shay Given who is the goalkeeper for The Republic Of Ireland as well and played 128 games for them as well. He is best remembered for his twelve years he served as Newcastle United , and qualifying for the Champion League twice, it was along with Alan Shearer and late Gary Speed. He may be twenty nine years old but he is still a very good goalkeeper, he groomed Tim Krul as a goalkeeper of today.