CHAMPIONSHIP

By Charlie Talbot Smith
SAM Clucas is confident he has joined a Stoke squad more than ready to bounce straight back into the Premier League. The 27-year-old midfielder joined from Swansea on deadline day for a fee believed to be around the £6 million mark.
He became Gary Rowett’s seventh new face to join the Potters this summer after Peter Etebo, Benik Afobe, Adam Federici, Tom Ince, James McClean and Ashley Williams.
Clucas was close to joining Burnley this summer but has revealed he was happy to remain in the Championship as he cannot see Stoke bein...