Hughes: Bojan has future at Stoke

After a spell on loan in Germany, Stoke City forward Bojan Krkic has been assured by his boss that he has a future at the bet365 Stadium.

The Spaniard moved to FC Mainz on loan in January but reported back for pre-season training to positive words from manager Mark Hughes.

Bojan joined the Potters for £3million in 2014, making 41 appearances in his first two seasons with the club and scoring 14 goals.

A cruciate ligament injury disrupted his first few years in the Potteries though and when he was failing to impress last season, he was shipped out on loan.

Back from Mainz though, Hughes is hopeful of more to come from the diminutive forward.

“We all have a lot of feelings for Bojan and it was great to see him back here this morning,” he said.

“Although it didn’t quite work out for him here last year, we have to remember that he was still coming back from a serious injury

“We are six months down the line now though and I think that he is in a far better place, having played games during the second half of last season.

“He had a nice sharp session this morning and we all saw his quality technical ability, which always comes to the fore to be perfectly honest.”