Stoke City captain Ryan Shawcross has left the Potters after 14 years, before his proposed move to David Beckham’s Inter Miami.
The 33-year-old club legend was contracted until the end of this season, but that contract has now been cancelled, leaving him free to move to Major League Soccer in North America.
Shawcross signed from Manchester United in August 2007, initially on loan.
He then completed a £1m move from Old Trafford the following January.
Since then Chester-born Shawcross has made 451 appearances for Stoke, the majority of them under Tony Pulis and Mark Hughes in the Premier League. He has also won a solitary England cap.
But, after overcoming a long-term back problem, his game time has been limited over the past two seasons since breaking his leg in pre-season in August 2019.
He completed 90 minutes just twice in five starts under Michael O’Neill in 2019-20, and has made only two substitute appearances in the Championship this season, as well as starting last month’s FA Cup defeat by Leicester, his final appearance.
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