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  • Stoke City want Victor Moses to stay

    Stoke City want Victor Moses to stay

    STOKE City manager Mark Hughes has said the club will be interested in keeping Chelsea winger Victor Moses after an impressive loan spell at the Britannia Stadium.

    The Nigeria international has impressed for Stoke City since he joined ‘The Potters’ on a season-long since the summer.

    Hughes wants £8million-rated Moses to at least extend his loan for another season.

    “Victor is still a Chelsea player, we’re very pleased with what he’s producing,” Hughes said on Friday.

    “We have given him the opportunity and he’s in a good place.

    “We’d ideally love to be able to take him if we can but that won’t be our decision. Things have to fall in place but if there was an opportunity to bring Victor next season we’d love to do it.

    “It will be discussed at the end of the season, we will see how far it can go.But his profile is being raised so it is a two-edged sword.

    And Hughes suggested that Moses, who has emerged as one of the stars of a good season for Stoke, might not get the chance to play in a side that already boasts the likes of Eden Hazard,Willian and January signing Juan Cuadrado.

    “Would he get the opportunity his talents deserve back at Chelsea?’ Hughes questioned. “We like to think we would be a consideration for him almost certainly.”

  • Mark Hughes Defends Moses

    Mark Hughes Defends Moses

    Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has leaped into the defence of on-loan Nigeria forward Victor Moses who had a disappointing loan spell at Liverpool last season.

    Hughes said the on-loan forward from Chelsea was a victim of circumstances at a big club and he is optimistic that Moses will be a hit at the Stoke City.

    “They (Liverpool) found a way of playing they stuck to and he was left out,” Hughes told Stoke Sentinel.

    “I don’t think it was his fault, he just didn’t get back into the team. That can happen when you go to a big club.”

    On why Stoke City opted for the Nigerian, the gaffer revealed Moses’ style of play will give them what they lack and compliment how they intend to play this season.

    “We’re pleased we’ve been able to get him in, we feel he’s a player that can give us power and pace, we’ve probably lacked that a bit,” added Hughes.

    He also confirmed that Moses will be given opportunities to force his way into Stoke City’s starting line up.

    “He hasn’t played a great deal in the last couple of seasons, so he wants to play and he will be given that opportunity. It’s up to him if he takes it and am sure he will,” continued the Stoke manger.

    Moses will be Stoke City’s last addition to their squad this summer and the Stoke media are speculating that Moses will make his debut for the Potters in Saturday’s game against Hull City.

    Stoke City lost their first game at home to Aston Villa by a lone goal.

  • Moses to join Stoke City on loan

    Moses to join Stoke City on loan

    • Undergoes medical 

    Super Eagles midfielder Victor Moses is set to join Stoke City on a season-long loan deal.

    Reports coming out of England late Friday night has it that Stoke City are poised to sign the Nigerian international pending a succesful medical.

    SportingLife can report that the former Wigan star will undergo a medical at Stoke’s Clayton Wood training ground this morning to complete the formalities of his move to Britannia Stadium but won’t be available for today’s game against Aston Villa.

    The 23 year-old star, who will be Stoke’s sixth summer signing, has fallen down the pecking order at Chelsea since Jose Mourinho returned last summer.

    Moses spent last season on loan at Liverpool when he started six Premier League games and featured in 13 from the bench, scoring his only goal on his debut against Swansea.

    Moses, who was handed Chelsea number No 18 shirt on Friday in the Blues jersey shake-up and  made his first appearance for the Blues as a substitute in their 2-1 victory over Hungarian side Ferencvaros in one of the team’s pre-season matches, raising the hope of getting the chance to fight for a shirt under Mourinho.

    But with the latest development, it seems Moses will play his football at the Potters on loan this season.

    Having first made his name at Crystal Palace, Moses switched to Wigan for over £2m in 2010.

    He impressive  enough there to earn a £9m move to Chelsea in the summer of 2012 but has since struggled to make an impact at Stamford Bridge.

    Born in Nigeria, he chose to represent England at various youth levels up to the under-21s before deciding to play for the country of his birth in senior internationals.

    Stoke boss Mark Hughes has spent all summer trying to sign a winger and Assaidi was his preferred choice after the 25 year-old Moroccan impressed on loan last season.

    But Assaidi’s wage demands became an impediment to a permanent deal in this transfer window.

    And when Norwich held out for a transfer fee of more than £6m for Redmond, that left Hughes turning to Moses to secure that natural width he wants.

  • Odemwingie happy with draw against Southampton

    Odemwingie happy with draw against Southampton

    Nigeria striker Osaze Odemwingie has said Stoke City deserved the point after playing 2-2 with Southampton on Saturday.

    Odemwingie opened his Stoke City account with a 38th minute strike to bring the game to 1-1, MTNFootball.com reports.

    “We deserved a point in the game because we showed great organisation and we defended well,” he said.

    The former West Brom striker, who made a winter switch from Cardiff City to Stoke, was delighted to get his first goal for his new club.

    “Very happy to get my first goal for the club. Good team performance. Big thanks to our fans for the support in this tough weather,” he tweeted.

     

  • Odemwingie sets for swap Stoke deal

    Odemwingie sets for swap Stoke deal

    Nigeria striker Osaze Odemwingie is set to end his uncertain future at Cardiff City with a swap move to Stoke City.
    In the summer, 32-year-old Odemwingie signed a three-year contract worth about 2.5 million naira after a troubled time at West Bromwich Albion.
    It is now believed the Nigeria international could be part of a swap deal that would see Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones move in the opposite direction, according to The Mirror.
    MTNFootball.com reports that Odemwingie has featured in 15 matches and scored in two goals for the Welsh club.
    Jones has been unsettled at Stoke and was recently fined two weeks’ wages for refusing to play against Liverpool.
    Odenwingie is angling for more playing time as he hopes to make Nigeria final squad to the World Cup in Brazil in June.
    Both Stoke and Cardiff are battling for survival in the English Premier League.