Stoke City Football Club News

• Nickname:Potters
• Founded:1863
• Manager:Tony Pulis

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• Capacity:28,218

Potters wait on Fuller news

18 Jun 2008 - 10:32:43

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Stoke City have dispatched director of football John Rudge to the Caribbean to discover the extent of an injury picked up by striker Ricardo Fuller.

The 28-year-old frontman damaged his knee while on international duty with Jamaica and there are fears that he has suffered ligament damage.

The former Preston North End, Portsmouth and Southampton striker had already featured in three friendlies for his country before missing their World Cup qualifier with the Bahamas last Sunday.

Fuller is no stranger to such an injury having missed the majority of the 2002/03 campaign with knee ligament damage while playing for Preston.

"The club can reveal that director of football John Rudge has flown over to the Caribbean to check on the state of striker Ricardo Fuller," read a club statement.

"The club will be making a further statement regarding the verdict from the specialist in due course."

Fuller scored 15 times for the Potters as they secured automatic promotion from the Championship last season.