Asmir Begovic happy at Stoke City despite Liverpool and Manchester United rumours

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STOKE City's in-form goalkeeper Asmir Begovic says he won't be distracted by speculation linking him to Liverpool and Manchester United.

The two former European Champions are reportedly monitoring the Stoke keeper who has played a major part in City's rock-solid defensive performances this season.

  1. Stoke's Asmir Begovic in training

    Stoke's Asmir Begovic in training

Begovic has been ever-present in the league as City have conceded just 12 goals in 15 games, the second best record in the division behind only champions Manchester City.

The 25-year-old keeper says he is happy at Stoke.

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He added: "As far as I know it's all speculation. It's always nice when the biggest teams in the world are looking at you.

"It's a compliment, but it doesn't mean anything.

"We keep our feet on the ground here and the manager wouldn't let that change.

"I have three-and-a-half years on my contract and I am concentrating on playing and staying in the team and trying to help the team be successful.

"I am happy here so there are no issues with that."

Begovic cost City £3.25m when the Potters fought off interest from Tottenham to sign him from Portsmouth in January 2010.

He is proud of the club's defensive record, but says that reflects on the efforts of the rest of the team.

He said: "You attack and defend as a team. We take pride in working hard on both aspects of the game and things are going well for us."

Stoke are on course to beat the 14 clean sheets they achieved in the Premier League in the 2009/10 campaign.

Begovic says that is less important than finishing high in the table, but he says he takes as much satisfaction from a clean sheet as City strikers Peter Crouch and Kenwyne Jones do from their goals.

He added: "That's what goalkeepers work for. Goals don't interest me! If I ever scored one I would probably turn around and run straight back into my goal.

"Clean sheets are always a great bonus, but ultimately it is all about the three points."

Begovic has been supporting the club's City 7s scheme by meeting youngsters at the Britannia Stadium this week.

The initiative is open to children who have their seventh birthday between September 1, 2012 and August 31, 2013.

For the £10 membership, they get a home shirt, two match tickets and a £5 voucher to open a Britannia Save and Support account.

They are also invited to presentation evenings to meet a first-team player.

STOKE'S Premier League trip to Fulham on Saturday, February 24 kicks-off at 12.45pm for live TV coverage.

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  • Profile image for jswords

    by jswords

    Saturday, December 08 2012, 1:24AM

    “by DavejjohnsonWednesday, October 31 2012, 6:21AM
    "My work involves teaching people with a degree in Engineering and I stand in front of rooms full of highly qualified people who have the utmost respect for what I say and do."

    Of course it would be difficult to discredit what I say Johnson and of course
    I accept that Summertime has had earlier Id's just as you have, although you
    had difficulty spelling Boothen - which makes you frankly a bit thick.
    I imagine if you could change a fuse on a plug, you would claim to be
    an Electrical engineer.
    Leave this site Johnson, as you said you would, so that we can have more
    intelligent Postings.”

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    by stonemel

    Saturday, December 08 2012, 12:01AM

    “Oh and what facts are those Liam? All I have read are your views. No facts!”

  • Profile image for stonemel

    by stonemel

    Friday, December 07 2012, 11:59PM

    “Liam you must come from another planet. Please copy and paste anything I have written that supports your last claim ie that I said there was no competition for places at the club.”

  • Profile image for LiamOSullivan

    by LiamOSullivan

    Friday, December 07 2012, 10:57PM

    “I merely stated the facts, stonedmel. You distorted into a suggestion that there was no competition at all at the club.”

  • Profile image for summertime

    by summertime

    Friday, December 07 2012, 10:15PM

    “GO GET HIM JSWORDS !!”

  • Profile image for Davejjohnson

    by Davejjohnson

    Friday, December 07 2012, 6:39PM

    “jswords I won't waste time trying to discredit what you say because when you refer to "the likes of Summertime and Mel and other like minded sensible Posters" it kind of says it all for most of us. If you can't see that Summertime is Soccerfoot, scfc4eva, peterpotter, lies about his identity and lies about attending games you are frankly just a bit thick.”

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    by stonemel

    Friday, December 07 2012, 5:07PM

    “"However one thing Begovic now can be sure of here is that he's number one without competition. "
    This is what you said!
    Tell me how I have distorted it please?”

  • Profile image for jswords

    by jswords

    Friday, December 07 2012, 12:53AM

    “Another rant from the megalomaniac imaginary Engineering expert
    Johnson, against Mel, who articulates more sensible comments on Stoke
    City and football in general, than he ever will.
    Johnson threatened to stop posting again on here again recently, but he just cannot
    stop his obsessional abuse against the likes of Summertime and Mel
    and other like minded sensible Posters.”

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    by summertime

    Thursday, December 06 2012, 11:17PM

    “davejjohnson I detest how you go out of your way to glorify more or less anything to do with Stoke. It does not matter if it's our style of play, the possibility of Shawcross playing for England, the manager, just about any attempt by anyone to say something bad about Stoke is rebuked by you. It's pathetic but what's most pathetic is how you take that lunatic boothernender seriously. You can't be that stupid or desperate for someone to agree with your ridiculous points of view, the guy is clearly not playing with a full deck. How can you expect to be taken seriously if you align yourself to that nutter ?"
    hmmm”

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    by LiamOSullivan

    Thursday, December 06 2012, 9:38PM

    “Youre distorting what I said, stonedmel. Nash and Sørensen are both good keepers who can still do a job for if called upon. But Begovic has won the right to be chosen first without the kind of rotation that manu currently employ, and that he would likely be subject to if he went there.”

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