So that’s that: 35 transfers deals of various descriptions and one managerial change later, the summer window has closed for Stoke City. Alex Neil made his first signing for the club on deadline day when he brought in Dujon Sterling on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea, which turned out to be the 10th new arrival of a busy couple of months.
STOKE CITY SUMMER 2022 TRANSFER BUSINESS
Incoming
Aden Flint (free, Cardiff)
Josh Laurent (free, Reading)
Dwight Gayle (undisclosed, Newcastle)
Liam McCarron (undisclosed, Leeds)
Harry Clarke (loan, Arsenal)
Gavin Kilkenny (loan, Bournemouth)
Will Smallbone (loan, Southampton)
Liam Delap (loan, Manchester City)
Tariqe Fosu (loan, Brentford)
Dujon Sterling (loan, Chelsea)
Outgoing
James Chester (released, Derby)
Tommy Smith (released, Middlesbrough)
Joe Allen (released, Swansea)
Steven Fletcher (released, Dundee United)
Tom Ince (released, Reading)
Benik Afobe (undisclosed, Millwall)
Alfie Doughty (undisclosed, Luton)
Adam Porter (released, Salford City)
Christian Norton (released)
Ethon Varian (undisclosed, Bohemian)
Will Forrester (undisclosed, Port Vale)
Mario Vrancic (loan, HNK Rijeka)
Tashan Oakley-Boothe (loan, Lincoln)
Doug Taylor (loan, Walsall)
Will Goodwin (loan, Torquay)
Tommy Simkin (loan, AFC Fylde)
Lewis Macari (loan extended, Dundalk)
Liam McCarron (loan, Port Vale)
Tom Edwards (loan, Barnsley)
Romaine Sawyers, Abdallah Sima, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Jaden Philogene-Bidace, Josh Maja, Liam Moore (loanees returned to parent clubs)