Stoke City chief executive Tony Scholes has confirmed that his club will make some of their fringe players available for loan. Football League clubs are able to take players on 93-day 'emergency' loans from tomorrow with Potters’ centre-half Matthew Upson amongst Paul Jewell’s top targets.

Scholes said: “The fact we have made seven signings speaks for itself. The backing that the Coates family has again given the club is incredible.

“Now we have to balance things and move some players out as well. It’s fair to say we have ended up with more in the squad than is appropriate.”

Upson, 33, has been included Stoke’s 25-man squad but looks a little way off the first team at the Britannia Stadium and so still may be available for loan.

Fellow defender Danny Higginbotham, also 33, a Blues target in January, has not been included in the 25.

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BlueBoots added 09:23 - Sep 7 Best Fringe Player Ever
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Marcus added 09:27 - Sep 7 Let's just get them both and we'll have the depth in defence we need. So tired of all the speculation.
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WaltownBlueNaze added 09:27 - Sep 7 IMO - Would be a good signing, hopefully Smith will benefit from playing alongside him. Upson could have a positive influence with his experience and organisation a bit like Mowbray all those years ago. If Chambers can play RB then I would move Edwards into midfield as he is still prone to making mistakes with his postional play.
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bluesym added 09:46 - Sep 7 I'd hardly class Upson as a fringe player,as I've said before Stoke see him as 3rd choice centre back.Not gonna happen.If anyone it will be Higginbotham.
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kuyski added 10:02 - Sep 7 pls！we need the anything exprience from him especially our young lads
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ChrisMakin2012 added 10:20 - Sep 7 JON WALTERS LOL
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MattinLondon added 10:34 - Sep 7 As Premier League players they will be on a good wage and if Stoke want 100% of his wages covered then I'm not sure if its going to happen. If we employed a few scouts to cover Europe then we could pick up players who would be able to play in the Championship but with cheaper wages. And we wouldn't have to wait on the PL to name their 25 man squads
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Lombokblue added 11:22 - Sep 7 We seem to be focusing on Stoke alot
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Jon_456 added 11:37 - Sep 7 Not sure if its just me but i cant understand why we would loan 30+ defenders even if it is on loan. Thought we were building for the future? id rather we signed 22-28 year olds with view to permanent. we've all seen whats happened when we have someone whos passed it, i.e ingimarsson!
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grumpyoldman added 11:57 - Sep 7 At present we need somebody at the back with experience to instruct our Kamikaze defence how to clear the ball, Huddersfield's first goal was a case in point three attempts to clear the ball straight down the middle to an opponent. Get Big Al back to show them how to clear the ball to the stands, then reorganise, instead of panicking and playing it into danger
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dusseldorf_blue added 12:05 - Sep 7 Owin?
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Edmunds5 added 12:05 - Sep 7 Makes me wonder why we couldn't snap up Danny Collins from them, Danny Higginbotham as a left sided centre back could work, he's a bit of a hardman with a rocket of a free kick aswell.Possibly even Ryan Shotton, has a bit of pace but not sure if he would adapt too the left side of defence, both decent players for Championship level.
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meekreech added 12:17 - Sep 7 These are only links , nothing coming from Town in this regard so lets not get start getting into unwarranted speculation ! If and when anything is done , with whoever , we will be told !
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