Stoke City- Player In- Roque Santa Cruz
New Stoke manager Mark Hughes is hoping to reinvent the club during the summer by signing players that will change the clubs philosophy. Stoke were often the subject of criticism from fans and pundits when Tony Pulis was at the club but Mark Hughes will look to make Stoke more pleasing on the eye. He will also hope to sign a top quality striker and has set his sights on one of his former players, Roque Santa Cruz. Hughes signed Santa Cruz when he was manager of Blackburn and then Manchester City and the pair struck up a good relationship during their time at Ewood Park. Santa Cruz scored a lot of goals for Hughes and the Welshman will be hoping that he could do the same if he joined him at Stoke.
Stoke City- Player Out- Peter Crouch
Crouch is arguably one of the most successful English strikers of his generation and has scored plenty of goals for many different clubs. He has also enjoyed his time at Stoke, scoring a wide variety of different goals including a fantastic volley against Manchester City. However, the tall striker struggled at Stoke last season, scoring only 8 goals as the club flirted with relegation. Mark Hughes has since taken over from Tony Pulis at the Britannia and that could spell the end of Crouch’s time at the club, with Hughes looking at bringing in his own striking options for the forthcoming season.