Stoke City Football Club

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

• Ground:Britannia Stadium
• Capacity:28218

Pulis gets ready to pounce

06 Aug 2008 - 12:58:02

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Stoke City manager Tony Pulis is hopeful that he will be able to bring in a number of new players before the Premier League season gets underway in just over a week.

The Potters have recruited three new faces since their return to the top-flight - goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen, midfielder Seyi Olofinjana and striker Dave Kitson - with Pulis waiting to make further improvements to his squad.

He told The Sentinel: "Being one of the smaller clubs, and that's no disrespect to us, but I think once the bigger clubs start moving then the market tends to follow and things move on.

"One or two of the bigger clubs now have spent money and it just filters along then and the market starts moving.

"You need the bigger clubs at times to get the ball rolling and, as soon as that happens, then you find people start becoming available."