Stoke City boss Tony Pulis admits they'll be scrambling in the final two weeks of the summer market.

"It's a big, big two weeks for us. The key is we get other players in and improve the team as we go along," he told The Sentinel. "The market is loosening up and I'm hoping that players who might not have been available will now become available.

"The balance of the team isn't quite right at the moment and we also need players with Premiership experience.

"Someone like Richard Cresswell has filled in as a left-sided player all last season and got away with it, but if you ask Richard where he wants to play he'll say he wants to play up front."