Source: Daily_Mail
I'm not deterred by Dean Ashton's injuries, insists Stoke boss Tony Pulis
Stoke City Tony Pulis boss says he has no concerns about Dean Ashton's injury record ahead of his £5m switch from West Ham.
The injury-prone striker will sign for the Potters as soon as the Hammers have found a replacement, reports The Daily Mirror.
West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola has targeted Barcelona striker Eidur Gudjohnsen and Bayerm Munich's Luca Toni.
And Pulis said: 'You're always taking a chance with people who have had injuries, but we took Ricardo Fuller when nobody would touch him and paid Southampton a nominal fee.
'I don't think he's missed a day's training since he came here and the only games he missed have been through suspension, not injury.
'Now and then you have to take a chance and even more so if they have the quality you can't get anywhere else.'
Ashton, 25, was a trainee at Stoke before moving to Crewe, Norwich and then for £7.5m to West Ham in 2006.
He scored 15 goals in 46 games for the Hammers but his time at Upton Park has been blighted by injuries.
