Stoke City boss Tony Pulis says the search for a new No2 is continuing.

Pulis has retained a tight hands-on approach to all matters in Austria in the absence of a new assistant manager to replace Dave Kemp following his transfer to scouting duties in north and south America.

"The matter is in hand," Pulis told The Sentinel. "Besides, if there is any extra work for me, that's no bad thing. Unless I'm doing something, I get fed up and am murder to be around. Just ask my wife."