Aston Villa confirmed on Saturday that Ritchie De Laet had been released and would officially leave at the end of his contract in late-June. According to Voetbal Nieuws, Royal Antwerp could sign the right-back this summer after De Laet recently admitted in an interview with Sporza that he’s interested in returning to Belgium.
The 30-year-old’s career began in Antwerp, rising through the youth ranks to the Belgian’s first-team in 2006 before joining Stoke City a year later. De Laet signed for Manchester United in 2009 and spent three years at Old Trafford before he switched to Leicester City.