Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

Under different circumstances, a former Stoke employee exposing the club’s “soulless” working environment would be a bombshell.
But anyone who has watched the Potters in the six years since they tumbled out of the Premier League could have guessed as much.

A source told The Athletic: “I’ve been at other clubs where players know what the badge means and who they’re playing for. It’s about livelihoods and jobs.

“At Stoke, it’s nothing like that. It’s soulless. There’s never any suggestion of getting people together, ‘Let’s win the title; one club, on...