Source: Team_Talk
Remy leaves Stoke without signing
ice striker Loic Remy returned to France without signing for Stoke on Thursday - and speculation suggests the Potters face competition.[LNB] Remy has a couple of options in France but confirmed earlier this week that his preference was a move to the Premier League.[LNB]West Ham, Liverpool and Tottenham have all been tracking the 23-year-old but Stoke jumped to the front of the queue after their chairman Peter Coates and coach Mark O'Connor watched him in action at the weekend.[LNB]Tony Pulis flew to France on Wednesday to sell the club to Remy and it looked as though a quick deal could be on the cards when the France star travelled to England the following day to view Stoke's training facilities.[LNB]Remy eventually left without putting pen to paper, though, and speculation suggests he will return to England next week to talk to at least one more Premier League club.[LNB]However, any interest club will have to match the fee put up by Stoke, who are also tracking Jon Walters, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Kenwyne Jones.[LNB]Ipswich have rejected their latest bid for Walters but are resigned to the transfer going ahead, while a £4million offer for Boateng is thought to be on the table at Portsmouth.[LNB]Jones, meanwhile, will be allowed to leave Sunderland once they sign Manchester United's Danny Welbeck and Stoke are in the boxseat to capture the Trinidad and Tobago forward.
