STOKE CITY, ENGLAND -- A rumored transfer during the January transfer window of Stoke City's Rory Delap to the Cleveland Cleats has been nixed according to Cleveland Cleats' player management director, Yuuv Bin Had.

The Cleveland director noted that the Cleats did make inquiries into getting Delap and there were favorable responses from Stoke City.

The transfer deal broke up after Tony Pulis learned that the Cleats were a fantasy football team, not a real team. "When I find out the fool who put this deal in front of me without looking into the origins of the offer, I'm going to rip his limbs from..." Pulis wasn't happy.

Rory Delap didn't even know about the possible transfer deal. "The who and the what now?" asked Delap. "Cleveland... as in the US?"

With the fall through of the transfer, the Cleats will begin looking elsewhere for talent.

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