Stoke have entered tentative talks with Liverpool over the permanent signing of winger Oussama Assaidi. Potters boss Mark Hughes was keen to stress the dialogue is at a very early stage but he is hopeful of keeping the Moroccan at the Britannia Stadium after a successful season-long loan. Assaidi has scored four goals in 24 appearances this season, and it would have been more had he not missed...Full Story »

Stoke manager Mark Hughes will start 2014 with an FA fine and a touchline ban after losing his temper — and his coat — before his side’s collapse at Newcastle.After seeing Stoke fortunate to escape with just a 5-1 drubbing — Newcastle eventually had a total of 27 shots to the visitors' 11 — Hughes launched a withering attack on referee Martin Atkinson for the  ...Full Story »

Sometimes, the most obvious issues at a football club do not need forensic examination. At Chelsea, Jose Mourinho is having his patience stretched by the presence of three goal-shy strikers: Fernando Torres, Demba Ba and Samuel Eto’o. After all, three played against Stoke for various amounts of a game stolen from Chelsea by a 90th-minute winning goal of star quality by substitute Oussam...Full Story »

Oussama Assaidi stunned Chelsea with a superb 90th-minute winner as Stoke claimed their first league victory over the Blues in 38 years, triumphing 3-2. The on-loan Liverpool winger came on as a substitute six minutes from time and his first real contribution was to pick the ball up on the left, cut inside and unleash a ferocious shot into the top corner. Jose Mourinho's first trip to the Brit...Full Story »

QPR are signing Liverpool winger Oussama Assaidi on loan for the season. Manager Harry Redknapp had lined up a £4m deal for Blackpool's Matt Phillips but his broken arm means he will not be fit to play for two months and Redknapp is exploring other options. Liverpool paid £2.4m for the Moroccan international last summer but the 24-year-old has failed to impress since signing from H...Full Story »