With a successful
preseason friendlies accompanied by a shield to adorn the halls of Bet365
Stadium in Staffordshire, the Potters and manager Mark Hughes are looking for a
top of the line campaign.
As the looks of a
more competitive edition in its 2017-18 of Premiership is set to begin.
The Stoke City squad
is ready to look for a more exciting and one of a kind campaign that they for
sure will like to overcome their 13-place finish with a more decorous one.
As the supporters of
this club are growing a bit restless and demanding of more exciting campaigns,
manager Mark Hughes will have to look for ways to overwhelm the competition and
especially the so-called giants of this league.
After a successful
series of preparations in Switzerland and competing in the Uhrencup with wins
over Swiss sides BSC Young Boys and Neuchatel Xanaz, after the BSC side beat
Portugal’s giant Benfica, to help the Potters cause.
This assured Potters
Boss Hughes his first trophy delivered to the halls of former Britannia
Stadium, and now bearing BET365, as well the second shield for an English
Premiership squad after Ipswich Town won it.
So far, with matches
against French side La Ligue AS Monaco, followed by championship sides
Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers and RB Leipzig from Austria’s League, the
Potters are looking forward to be a total contender.
In the transfers
market, Stoke City so far has been a little conservative and not scandalous as
last campaign big names came to Stoke City.
Still the arrival of
Darren Fletcher- West Brom Albion, Josh Tymon- Hull City and Tre Pemberton-
Blackburn Rovers, so far assures them little hope in their plans for this
upcoming campaign.
In addition, the
arrival at Stoke by Kurt Zouma from Chelsea for a medical, indicates the end of
a monster deal for the Potters and the possible return from Porto loaner Bruno
Martins Indi to Britannia.
If the Zouma deal
progresses, he will be the third player from Stamford Bridge to follow the
footsteps of former Potters Victor Moses and Marko Van Gynkel..
Still the club for
its initial eleven is in need of a more solid defense and more creative
midfield along a top of the line striker that can really became a bit dangerous
in its attack as well become a brick wall to prevent heartbreaking loses.
Despite an exodus of
several players, manager Hughes is betting on this club academy and wisely
doing it instead of having the club invest in big name players that at the end
will not be as productive.
As many names are in
the orbit of this club, very well with several of their current base getting
inquiries from other clubs.
For many managers in
Premiership looking forward to their club future with its academy and for Mark
Hughes it is the ideal formula of making up a competitive and resilient squad
for future campaigns.
The road to success
in Premiership is paved with an array of obstacles, very well if the aims of
this club to make all sorts of headlines and display a spectacular campaign that
at the end deliver a European competition.
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