CONFIRMED -Ben Gibson signs a £4.3m deal with stoke city

As he prepares for his first summer as Potters manager, Steven Schumacher has made the decision to let go of a number of first-team players, including Tyrese Campbell, Wesley, Ciaran Clark, Tom Edwards, and D’Margio Wright-Phillips, while keeping Jordan Thompson and Enda Stevens on the side for a further season.

Viktor Johansson, a notable goalkeeper for Rotherham United, was signed by Stoke on May 18 for a three-year contract at a reported cost of approximately £1 million, demonstrating their busy transfer window.

There have also been changes off the field, with Lee Darnbrough joining as their new head of recruiting after leaving the Tigers after seven years in a similar position at Hull City.

After Alex Neil was fired, Schumacher left Plymouth Argyle to join the Potters in December. He had a mixed first half of the season at the bet365 Stadium, but in the end, he guided his team to Championship safety with one game remaining.

Prioritizing finishing in the top half of the second division is the 40-year-old’s main goal heading into the 2024–25 season, as Stoke has not done so since their relegation from the Premier League in 2018.

Football League World provides an overview of the most recent transfer rumors coming out of the Potteries. Although the team has a solid mix of youth and experience, there will still be a lot of arrivals and departures this summer.

After his contract with the Canaries expires, Gibson will become a free agent, and Stoke is reportedly “right at the head of the queue” to sign the 31-year-old.

Gibson played a major part in the Canaries team that won the Championship title in his first season after joining on loan from Norwich in 2020. The deal was later made permanent for a reported £8 million.

According to StokeOnTrentLive, he made 37 appearances for the Carrow Road team in the previous season. Stoke will try to ward off “strong rival interest from the United States” in order to sign him.

Stoke are ‘keeping a close eye’ on Alvyn Sanches, a midfielder for FC Lausanne-Sport, according to and Express story.

Sanches, 21, is valued at £4.3 million by the Swiss club; nevertheless, the Potters are allegedly up against competition from Celtic, Coventry City, and other teams from Germany, France, and the Netherlands for his services.

Sanches has been with Lausanne for more than ten years and is well-regarded in Switzerland. He has made 84 appearances for the senior side so far and will help the team return to the Swiss Super League in 2022–2023.

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