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Post by northstokie on Nov 27, 2008 14:28:28 GMT
Stoke City chairman Peter Coates has said striker Dave Kitson will not be leaving the Potters in January.
Kitson has failed to score since joining City for a club record £5.5m from Reading in July and is rumoured to be unsettled at the Britannia Stadium.
But Coates told BBC Radio Stoke: "We don't want to offload him, we think he's a very good player.
"Like all strikers, he needs a goal. Pressures can build but I'm sure he'll get there eventually."
Coates also confirmed the Potters will spend in the January transfer window in a bid to preserve their Premier League status.
"The start we've had means survival is in our hands," said Coates. It's a big appointment because it's a difficult job and suitable candidates are hard to find
Peter Coates on Stoke's search for a new academy director
"We will be trying to strengthen in the January window and hopefully, with a bit of luck, we'll stay up."
Meanwhile, Coates also said the search is ongoing for a replacement for George Foster, who left his job as Stoke's academy director to take up a role with Glenn Hoddle's soccer school.
"It's a big appointment because it's a difficult job and suitable candidates are hard to find," said Coates.
"We have one or two people in mind who we think are good candidates."
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Post by lordeffinghamhunt on Nov 27, 2008 14:30:58 GMT
I could have told him that. The idle c**t
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