Stoke City reject Swansea City's £3m bid for Kenwyne Jones
STOKE City have rejected a bid of £3m from Swansea City for striker Kenwyne Jones, The Sentinel can reveal.
Stoke's hierarchy are now waiting to see whether the Swans return with an increased offer for the big Trinidadian.
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Stoke City have rejected Swansea's bid for Kenwyne Jones.
News of the failed bid comes after several weeks of speculation linking the Welsh club with Jones.
And the issue couldn't come at a more sensitive time as he is pencilled in to lead Stoke's attack at the Liberty Stadium this Saturday (3pm).
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Swansea now have the rest of the month to make an improved offer if they want to land the 28-year-old striker before the transfer window closes.
Stoke are understood to want closer to £4.5m for a player costing a then-club record £8m from Sunderland two-and-a-half years ago.
They also want a replacement lined up before considering a sale because the departure of Jones would leave a huge hole in their current forward line.
That's because the big man has suddenly hit a relatively rich vein of form after stepping back into the limelight when Peter Crouch suffered several broken teeth in the home win over Newcastle on November 28.
Jones, who hadn't scored a Premier League goal since August 2011, has since bagged four in 10 league and cup appearances – including another header in Tuesday's FA Cup win over Crystal Palace.
His form has been such that manager Tony Pulis is now selecting him as his number one striker for the first time since Crouch arrived at Stoke from Tottenham for £10m 18 months ago.
It represents a dramatic renaissance for Jones at a time when his club career seemed to be going nowhere fast.
But his upsurge in form has made it harder for Pulis to strike a quick deal to do away with his services.
There is also a question mark over whether Jones, who has 18 months left on his Stoke contract, would opt to leave the Potteries for south Wales.
Replacements for Jones at a similar price are few and far between during the notoriously difficult January window.
Ironically, Swansea striker Danny Graham is a possible starter as doubts over his future appear to have sparked the Swans' interest in Jones.
Stoke would face competition for a player scoring seven goals this season and bagging 21 in 46 starts and 13 sub appearances since his £3.5m move from Watford 18 months ago.
And that competition for the Gateshead-born striker looks like being headed by top-flight rivals Sunderland.
Comments
by Stars-stripes
Friday, January 18 2013, 12:51PM
“What are the so called supporters in denial of?”
by Latthink
Friday, January 18 2013, 12:19PM
“DJ ETC,
I know "the beast" was something of a carthorse but at least he was not
"BONE IDLE"”
by Latthink
Friday, January 18 2013, 12:13PM
“R. VERDI or is it Mr Green? you wouldn't regognise the truth of the matter if it was perched on the end of your nose!!!
There are too many so called supporters who cannot accept they are "IN DENIAL"
re many true facts concerning Stoke City Football Club, I suppose being called a "FANATIC" helps in this instance!”
by Stars-stripes
Friday, January 18 2013, 11:41AM
“I believe Blackpool were above us when they beat us too. Where are they now?”
by DJofTNE
Friday, January 18 2013, 11:12AM
“Dave the johnson, Swansea are above you pal and will be 4 points above you by the weekend, surely any player who wants to further their career looks up the table rather than down? We have been in the lge for 1.5 seasons to your 5.5, whos coping better with a shoe string budget? Who plays the better football? who is getting incredible results away from home? I rest my case, although i hope he doe'snt come because he is a carthorse in the mould of Jon Parkin, not good enough for us, he might be good enough to start all your games, but not ours. If Danny is off then i really don't see any hope for KJ at our club.”
by RobertoVerdi
Friday, January 18 2013, 1:51AM
“EvaDickRule and LackThink in fine form as per...
They should get together and have a We-Hate-Stoke-*****-A-Thon!”
by Latthink
Thursday, January 17 2013, 6:32PM
“City will be lucky to get a £3m offer for KJ from anyone else, everybody is aware that City had to spend a further £10m for Crouch to come and do his job for him!
In any other industry KJ would be sacked! and not get thousands of pounds to play in the reserves or sit on a bench.”
by Davejjohnson
Thursday, January 17 2013, 3:44PM
“KJ has been fine since he got back into the team and £3M is a joke of an offer. If KJ's ambition is to earn less money and play in front of much smaller crowds then Swansea would be a great move. It was Jones performance that beat Palace and to put things in perspective Stoke will probably take the best part of £1M for the Man City game. £5 and a bag of crisps ? Stupid pointless remark from a stupid pointless individual.”
by defjamrcs
Thursday, January 17 2013, 3:27PM
“....and got my post removed as 'abuse' because I put the end of the Steve bruce song on there even though I used stars.
He wouldnt even know what that song refers to as he has never been to a match
anyhow, who cares.”
by wheatear
Thursday, January 17 2013, 3:03PM
“I see potterrule is clicking the arrows in either more than one of his many guises or on more than one device.
Who does that remind me of? so obvious it is pathetic!”