Source: Daily_Mail
Stoke to discuss £30,000-a-week deal with Matthew Etherington to ease winger's gambling debts
New deal: Etherington[LNB]Stoke will resume talks with winger Matthew Etherington over a new £30,000-a-week deal next week. [LNB]Etherington plans to use some of the extra cash to help pay-off his gambling debts that reached £800,000 at one point but are now at manageable levels. [LNB]Chairman Peter Coates said: 'We are keen to keep Matthew and hopefully those talks will come to a good conclusion.'[LNB]Meanwhile, former Sheffield United chairman Terry Robinson has been taken on by Stoke in a consultancy role.[LNB] Robinson is a friend of Stoke chairman Peter Coates and been asked to oversee the youth programme at the Britannia Stadium.[LNB] FA vow to fix Wembley pitch after players rage over shocking surface STOKE CITY FC
