Latest Transfer Updates : Stoke City are set to sign Andrei Yarmolenko for £13.5m

Latest Transfer Updates : Stoke City are set to sign Andrei Yarmolenko for £13.5m

Stoke City are said to be in talks with Dynamo Kiev in regards to the potential exchange of Andriy Yarmolenko.

The 25-year-old forward Andriy Yarmolenko is a famous man in England, with Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool likewise apparently inspired by the Ukraine worldwide.

In any case, reports in the player's country claim authorities from the Potteries have flown out to the nation's funding to talk about a move for a player who has hit 68 goals in 172 games for the safeguarding Ukrainian Premier League champions since joining in 2007.

Amid his time with Dynamo, Yarmolenko has won each local title going, which incorporates both the Ukrainian Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup, and additionally the association crown.

Hughes said: "He's the level of player we could like to get on the off chance that we can. We've passed up a major opportunity for a few players we lacked the capacity get over the line. I'm still confident to have the capacity to get a player of genuine top quality, and in the event that we can do that we will likely be ruined the window.

"It would need to be a player of his sort, better believe it yet there's a considerable measure of theory. We've had discussions with many individuals that have associations with great players and those discussions have occurred subsequent to the New Year."

Steve Sidwell tapped in Stoke's opener ahead of schedule in the diversion and Marko Arnautovic scored an eye-getting second following 72 minutes to leave Hughes content with the work-out. An expense in the district of €20million (£13.5m) has been mooted for the player who, it is asserted, is additionally drawing in consideration from Paris Saint-Germain and Roma.