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Triple Stoke City transfer departure expected before the transfer deadline
A trio of Stoke City players could leave the club before the transfer deadline on Friday.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Takeaway 1: Stoke City and Neil may lose Lewis Baker, D’Margio Wright-Phillips, and Josh Tymon before the transfer deadline. #stokecity #transferwindow
- Takeaway 2: Stoke’s focus is on improving their squad for the Championship season, aiming for a better finish than last year’s 16th place. #Championship #improvement
- Takeaway 3: Stoke has made several signings and departures this summer, with changes in players and loanees returning to their clubs. Deadline day may bring further outgoings. #transferactivity #playermovement
- Stoke City and Alex Neil could be set to lose a trio of players in the remaining days of the transfer window, with Darren Witcoop revealing Lewis Baker, D’Margio Wright-Phillips, and Josh Tymon are set to leave before the deadline.
- However, Stoke’s attention is currently on the remaining days of the transfer window in the hopes of improving their squad for the remainder of the Championship campaign.
The 2023/24 season will be the club’s sixth consecutive year at second tier level following relegation from the Premier League during the 2018/19 season.
It was another bitterly disappointing campaign for Neil’s side last term, who ended 16th last season and have yet to achieve a top half finish in the division since their return to the Championship.
Stoke have won two and lost two of their four league games so far, and sit 10th in the table at present, but hope to have turned a corner from previous seasons.
Stoke City transfer business so far
- Neil promised a better summer to help rectify their bottom-half finishes, speaking at the start of the window via Stoke on Trent Live, he said: “I’m really, really confident we will be far, far better next season.”
- So far, his side have lived up to that, Enda Stevens was the first player through the door this summer, joining the club a free transfer following his release from Sheffield United, as well as Ben Pearson, who rejoins the club permanently after an initial loan from AFC Bournemouth.
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Michael Rose also joins on a free transfer from Coventry City alongside Daniel Johnson from Preston North End in July. Andre Vidigal (Maritimo), Wesley (Aston Villa), Ryan Mmaee (Ferencvaros), Ki-Jana Hoever (Wolves – loan), Chiquinho (Wolves – loan), Mark Travers (Bournemouth -loan), and Luke McNally (Burnley – loan) completed their business in July.
They didn’t end there, though, with three further signings in August so far as well: Nikola Jojic (Mladost Lucani), Mehdi Leris (Sampdoria), and Wouter Burger (FC Basel).
Plenty of changes have already been made behind the scenes at Stoke in terms of outgoings, with Sam Clucas, Demeaco Duhaney, Aden Flint, Morgan Fox, Phil Jagielka, Tashan Oakley-Boothe, Douglas James-Taylor, and Nick Powell departing the club following the end of their contracts this summer.