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STOKE TARGET JONES
Steve Bates; Alan Nixon
Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is ready to shatter their transfer record with a £12million bid for Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones.
Hotline understands Pulis is planning an audacious bid to tempt Sunderland boss Steve Bruce into parting with the powerful 24-year-old Trinidad & Tobago international.
Pulis was prepared to pay £15m for Tottenham's Darren Bent before he signed for Bruce at the Stadium of Light - and now he's prepared to spend big to land Jones - who scored two against Blackburn yesterday.
A £12m Wearside raid would comfortably eclipse the £5.5m Stoke paid Reading for Dave Kitson a year ago.
Although Bruce was singing Jones' praises recently, it is understood he would be prepared to let the former Southampton hitman go - at the right price.
Pulis already has a clutch of former Sunderland stars at the Britannia Stadium, recently adding Dean Whitehead to a list which includes Rory Delap, Danny Higginbotham, Liam Lawrence and Thomas Sorensen.
The Potters boss reckons he needs more firepower for this season to take the load off James Beattie, Richard Cresswell and Kitson - giving Stoke a better chance of repeating last season's succesful return to the Premier League.
Jones scored vital goals last season to help struggling Sunderland stay in the top-flight and Pulis believes he can do the same for Stoke.
Steve Bates; Alan Nixon
Stoke City boss Tony Pulis is ready to shatter their transfer record with a £12million bid for Sunderland striker Kenwyne Jones.
Hotline understands Pulis is planning an audacious bid to tempt Sunderland boss Steve Bruce into parting with the powerful 24-year-old Trinidad & Tobago international.
Pulis was prepared to pay £15m for Tottenham's Darren Bent before he signed for Bruce at the Stadium of Light - and now he's prepared to spend big to land Jones - who scored two against Blackburn yesterday.
A £12m Wearside raid would comfortably eclipse the £5.5m Stoke paid Reading for Dave Kitson a year ago.
Although Bruce was singing Jones' praises recently, it is understood he would be prepared to let the former Southampton hitman go - at the right price.
Pulis already has a clutch of former Sunderland stars at the Britannia Stadium, recently adding Dean Whitehead to a list which includes Rory Delap, Danny Higginbotham, Liam Lawrence and Thomas Sorensen.
The Potters boss reckons he needs more firepower for this season to take the load off James Beattie, Richard Cresswell and Kitson - giving Stoke a better chance of repeating last season's succesful return to the Premier League.
Jones scored vital goals last season to help struggling Sunderland stay in the top-flight and Pulis believes he can do the same for Stoke.
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