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Hughes planning big Stoke clearout

Stoke City boss Mark Hughes has plans for a major clearout this summer.

The Telegraph reports that Hughes will also dispose of a number of fringe players if he can in a bid to bring down the average age of the Stoke City squad.

He's ready to offload £18.3m record signing Giannelli Imbula and fans favourite Bojan in a dramatic shake-up.

Loan striker Wilfried Bony will also return to Manchester City after a difficult loan spell in which he has scored just two goals.

Ibrahim Afellay, Stephen Ireland and Shay Given are out of contract this summer, while Philipp Wollscheid, Marc Muniesa and Joselu will also be sold if the club receive acceptable offers.

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