Stoke have announced the signing of Greece left-back Kostas Stafylidis on loan from FC Augsburg for the rest of the season. New Stoke City manager Paul Lambert. Stafylidis spent the 2014-15 season in English football with Fulham on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, making 38 Championship appearances for the Cottagers. Lambert also said he will speak to Bojan Krkic, amid reports the playmaker wants to cut his season-long loan at Alaves short and return to Stoke. Saturday’s match could see Ryan Shawcross return to action, with the club captain - missing recently due to a calf injury - having trained this week.

Source: Evening echo January 18, 2018 15:11 UTC