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Steven Schumacher is looking for new quality in more than just the front line at Stoke City and there will be exits too

Steven Schumacher is braced for a whirlwind of transfer activity at Stoke City over the next month-and-a-half even if he is reluctantly patient just at the moment.

Schumacher has welcomed three new signings into his squad so far and insists there is relentless work going on behind the scenes to bring in more – at the same time as spinning plates trying to make sure that the squad ends up tight and balanced.

A centre-forward remains the obvious but not only target and negotiations should step up on that score over the next week or so as Premier League managers welcome back players from Euro 2024 and Copa America, loosening their grip on others.

Emre Tezgel scored twice in his 45-minute run out at Chester on Thursday night as he got a chance to stake his claim to be a bit part of things over the next few months. Stoke will have a decision to make on that front whatever happens, with loan suitors keeping check on his availability, as with Nathan Lowe and even Niall Ennis.

It is a different pressure to last summer, when Stoke needed numbers as well as quality, and if there is still a hunger to get things done as quickly as possible it is more important to make sure the deals are the right ones.