Stoke City: Any Bae Jun-ho and Wouter Burger transfer advances must be snubbed
Stoke City need to make some smart transfer decisions in the coming months to help them push up the table next season under Steven Schumacher.
The Potters have already signed standout goalkeeper Viktor Johansson, experienced centre-back Ben Gibson and exciting wing-back Eric Junior Bocat from Rotherham United, Norwich City and Sint-Truiden respectively, and are set to be busy in the transfer market in the coming months as Steven Schumacher shapes his squad ahead of the 2024/25 campaign.
Tyrese Campbell, Ciaran Clark, Wesley, Tom Edwards and D’Margio Wright-Phillips have all departed the club upon the expiry of their contracts, while young centre-backs Matthew Baker and David Okagbue have both turned down new deals to join Newport County and Walsall respectively.
There have not yet been any departures from the bet365 Stadium for a transfer fee so far this summer, but Schumacher will be expecting more outgoings, as is the nature of the quick turnover of players in the EFL.
With that said, we have picked out two players that Stoke must keep hold of this summer if they want to improve on last season’s 17th-placed finish.
Bae Jun-ho arrived in the Potteries as a complete unknown in English football last August, after he left his boyhood club Daejon Hana Citizen to join Stoke on a four-year deal for a rumoured fee of around £2m.
