Streamlined Stoke eye brighter future
By Hugo Varley

Whisper it quietly but the future at Stoke City may just be looking brighter.
Since the Potters crashed out of the Premier League in 2018, the Stoke faithful have had to endure a sobering Championship reality check, with a 14th place finish the best their side has been able to muster.
In truth, the Staffordshire club have been wrestling with a range of hurdles, from initially trying to shift a raft of unsustainably high earners left over from their top flight adventure, to more recently having to tighten their belts to ensure they ...