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		</div><p>Stoke have completed the signing of striker Saido Berahino from West Brom for an initial £12million (€13.9m) on a five-and-a-half-year contract.</p>
<p>The former England U21 international agreed terms on the deal at the bet365 Stadium on Friday evening after the Potters came to an agreement with Albion.</p>
<p>The 23-year-old had been a target for Stoke for the past three transfer windows.</p>
<p>The fee could rise to £15million (€17.3m) with add-ons but he will be unavailable for Saturday&#8217;s clash with Manchester United.</p>
<p>Stoke boss Mark Hughes was delighted to finally land the 23-year-old, who hit 23 Premier League goals in 105 appearances for the Baggies.</p>
<p>Hughes told Stoke City Player: <i>&#8220;It&#8217;s been a bit of a saga but we have managed to get it over the line, thankfully.</p>
<p>&#8220;At times it appeared like it wasn&#8217;t likely to happen but, as always with these kind of deals, you have to be patient and hope that all the work you have done throughout the talks pays off.</p>
<p>&#8220;It did appear like it was stalling somewhat and I suggested that this morning, but that was based on my knowledge of the deal at that time.</p>
<p>&#8220;Evidently, it gained a fair amount of speed this afternoon and we have been able to conclude the deal, which we are all absolutely delighted about.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Hughes believes Berahino can thrive with the Potters and added: <i>&#8220;He has a lot of untapped potential clearly, he is a player of good talent and somebody who has a lot of growth in the game still to come.</p>
<p>&#8220;He has already displayed his talents in the Premier League and proven that he can score goals at this level, which was a real attraction not only to us, but also to a lot of other clubs who were interested in him.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just feel that he has the potential to be the striker that we have been looking for for a long time &#8211; he is capable of creating chances and he is certainly capable of converting chances too.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are going to give him the stage to perform now, and he needs to embrace that, which I am sure he will.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Hughes, meanwhile, insists playmaker Bojan Krkic has not expressed a desire to leave Stoke.</p>
<p>The Spaniard has only started six games all season and has been linked with a move to Middlesbrough.</p>
<p>Hughes said: <i>&#8220;We saw something in the press saying that if there was an opportunity he&#8217;d like to leave. He hasn&#8217;t said that to me.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s our player, he&#8217;s involved in the squad tomorrow so he&#8217;s part of what we&#8217;re doing. I think there have been enquiries but nobody&#8217;s come back with any bids &#8211; we wouldn&#8217;t encourage them to be perfectly honest.</p>
<p>&#8220;If they do come in, maybe then Bojan or his advisor would want to discuss that. But we&#8217;re not at that point at the moment.</i></p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EvertonVWestBrom19Jan15SaidoBerahinoSeamusColeman_large.jpg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/EvertonVWestBrom19Jan15SaidoBerahinoSeamusColeman_large.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="325" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-104023" /></a></p>
<p>Hughes welcomes his former club United with both sides in decent form.</p>
<p>The Potters have won their last two Premier League games while United&#8217;s nine-match winning run was ended by a draw with Liverpool last time out.</p>
<p>Stoke will be confident of taking something having claimed seven points from nine against United at home in their last three meetings, while they also held Jose Mourinho&#8217;s side to a draw at Old Trafford earlier this season.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;We&#8217;re playing them when clearly they&#8217;re on a good run of form and the team is shaping up to be what you envisage a Jose Mourinho team should look like,&#8221;</i> said Hughes.</p>
<p>You can see signs that that&#8217;s forming as we speak. It&#8217;ll be a big test. It&#8217;s maybe a game we can enjoy. There&#8217;s an expectation that Man United will come here and make it difficult and maybe win.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ll clearly have something to say about that and have done in recent seasons. We can maybe express ourselves a little bit more and really have a go and that&#8217;s what I&#8217;ll be emphasising to my players.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>It could be a big day for two strikers.</p>
<p>Wayne Rooney continues his pursuit of the one goal he needs to become United&#8217;s all-time leading scorer while in-form Stoke frontman Peter Crouch netted his 99th Premier League goal in last weekend&#8217;s victory over Sunderland.</p>
<p>Hughes said: <i>We hope it (Rooney&#8217;s record-breaking goal) is not against us clearly, we&#8217;d much rather Crouchy got his 100th goal, which is really important to him. So hopefully that&#8217;ll be the case and Wayne will have to wait one week longer.</i></p>
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