Stoke City: City banking on Olofinjana's Monaco move
by Martin Spinks
STOKE City are hoping Seyi Olofinjana, pictured, will become the club's first big-name departure this summer as talks appear to be prospering with leading French club Monaco.
Stoke are trying to recoup as much as possible from the £3m package they agreed with Wolves when signing the 29-year-old Nigerian international 12 months ago.
His departure will leave a midfield vacancy already earmarked for Sunderland's Dean Whitehead as Stoke remain on his trail ahead of a possible deal by the end of next week.
Olofinjana is resigned to leaving the Potteries for the south of France after falling largely out of favour in the second half of his first season at Stoke.
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by Richard, Stoke
Sunday, July 19 2009, 4:35PM
“i thinks its a shame that he leavin stoke i think if he played fairly well he let whelan go forward as he defendered hopefully this is what whitehead will do as well.”
by TIM, SCFC
Friday, July 17 2009, 3:11PM
“WELSH Rob a FAIL Fan?
Makes sense after all they do sound Welsh "PORT VALE"”
by Labyrinth, stoke
Friday, July 17 2009, 3:10PM
“Gutted I thought Oli was one of our best.
Can't we sell Kitson and Cresswell instead or doesn't anyone else wnat em either.”
by Brian, Newcastle
Friday, July 17 2009, 12:21PM
“That may have been the wind up hayden....”
by hayden dads, blurton
Friday, July 17 2009, 12:05PM
“lads, Rob came on here last week, announcing that he was a Vale fan who was just on a wind up.”