Reading midfielder Josh Laurent has signed for Stoke City to become the Potters' third summer signing.
Laurent, 27, rejected an offer of a new Royals deal to join fellow Championship club Stoke on a three-year contract.
"As soon as it became clear I was going to become a free agent they called to let me know just how interested they were. The manager went down to London to talk to me and that meant a lot."
Stoke boss Michael O'Neill's pursuit of the former QPR, Brentford, Newport County, Hartlepool United, Wigan Athletic and Shrewsbury Town man follows the captures of defenders Aden Flint and Harry Clarke.