The Stoke City Courier
Market31 Jan 2033
Cruz Ibeh has said yes to Salford City
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Stoke City have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market31 Jan 2033
Amari Moses has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Stoke City they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout31 Jan 2033
Reuben Cooper keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Stoke City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market31 Jan 2033
Bromley watching Sorba Thomas
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Stoke City have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Transfer targets31 Jan 2033
Rhian Brewster due for a Stoke City medical
Everything agreed with Brentford, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom31 Jan 2033
Quincy Lede has agreed to leave Stoke City for nothing
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Market31 Jan 2033
Stoke City get their man
The chase for James Crole ended with $500.0K changing hands and Watford out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad31 Jan 2033
Words exchanged at Stoke City
Lorenzo Palmisani and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom31 Jan 2033
Stoke City agree a free transfer for Barnaby Williams
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
In brief
- Transfer targets Door shut on George Hirst
- Match Timeo Whisker the difference as Stoke City beat Middlesbrough
- Squad Stoke City count the cost of losing Benjamin Bennett