Tony Pulis is bracing himself for a scramble to lure Ryan Shawcross away from Stoke after moving in for Middlesbrough's German centre-back Robert Huth.
The Stoke manager is closing in on the powerfully-built former Chelsea defender, as revealed by Sportsmail, and is confident of tieing up a £2.5million deal in time for Wednesday's meeting with Liverpool at Anfield.
Source: Daily_Mail