Stoke City boss Mark Hughes hopes to conclude a deal to make Lee Grant's loan move from Derby permanent in the next few days.

Grant was excellent at in defeat at Chelsea, keeping Stoke in the contest until the Blues' late rally.

Hughes said on stokecityfc.com: "That's something we're close to concluding which is important because of the situation with Jack Butland (who is injured).

"I'm hoping we'll have some positive news on that front in the next couple of days."