Source: Team_Talk
Higginbotham planning Stoke stay
Stoke defender Danny Higginbotham has vowed to see out his career at the Britannia Stadium after clinching a new one-year contract.[LNB] Last week's announcement means the 31-year-old is now tied to the Potteries outfit until 2013.[LNB]He had no hesitation in signing an extension even though he is not currently part of Tony Pulis' first-choice line-up.[LNB]To Higginbotham, that is only a temporary blip, which he aims to put right in the coming weeks.[LNB]As for looking further ahead, after leaving Stoke once - and then returning after a single season with Sunderland - the full-back has no doubts where his future lies.[LNB]"I would love to see out my career here," Higginbotham told the Stoke Sentinel.[LNB]"I have been here four years now and this is where I've enjoyed my career the most.[LNB]"I'm settled in the area. I'm close to my family, I got married in the summer and there's a lot of good people at this football club."[LNB]Top of that list is Pulis, whose persuasion first brought Higginbotham north from Southampton in 2006 and that was quick to offer a route back to the club once it became apparent the former Manchester United trainee had not settled on Wearside.[LNB]"It is no coincidence the manager has brought out the best out in me," said Higginbotham.[LNB]"People questioned me coming to Stoke but the manager sold the club to me.[LNB]"He has got the knack of bringing the best out of players and he really resurrected my career. I have a lot to thank him for."
