Stoke City boss Mark Hughes has confirmed that his star forward Bojan Krkic is all set to return from a long spell on the sidelines.

The former Barcelona forward was a star signing for the club last summer. He was expected to take a long time to accommodate to the physical style of English football, but it happened much sooner than expected. Just when it seemed that Bojan Krkic was set to take the league by storm, a long-term injury sidelined him for much of the 2014-15 season. Even without the star asset, Stoke were able to enjoy a good campaign.

Mark Hughes says that he expects star striker Bojan Krkic to return to first-team action by the start of next season.

The Stoke City forward was extremely unlikely to get a cruciate ligament injury at a time when he was just starting to find his feet at the club. The former Barcelona man was widely expected to struggle when it was announced that he was going to play for Stoke City – a team known for its physical style of football. Even though Hughes has been trying to change this aspect about the club, it largely remains a work in progress.

"We couldn't have asked for a better finish to a really great season. The level of performance in that first 45 minutes was exceptional and I don't think it reflects badly on Liverpool. I think most teams would have struggled to cope with the quality and intensity of our play.’’

This was the statement that was released by Mark Hughes as he praised the work and performance that his players displayed during the last match of the season of Stoke City as they locked horns with Liverpool and came out as the victorious side with a resounding 6-1 triumph.

Bojan Krkic suffered a major injury just at the right time when he looked like settling into the Stoke City team and into the Premier League as well.

Signed from Barcelona last summer, it was seen as a major gamble from Mark Hughes to sign a player who may not have seen the physical side of the game until now.Krkic has the experience of playing only in the Spanish and Italian leagues before joining Stoke City. It took him a couple of months to get his game going, but just prior to being injured back towards the end of January he had scored three goals in five games.

BojanKrkic made his way past the youth academy of Barcelona in blazing form as the Spanish footballer is believed to have scored over 900 goals during his time in the youth division of the club and this was why he was promoted to the main team at the age of 17.

The manager of Stoke City, Mark Hughes is confident that one of his latest signings Bojan Krkic will turn into a star at the Britannia Stadium but the Spanish forward has struggled trying to make an impact with his new team after having played in a number of Premier League matches and friendly matches for Stoke City but he failed on having any kind of influence or impact with his new team and it wasn’t until Stoke City’s latest Premier League match that Bojan started to display a glimpse of brilliance as he scored the opening goal of the game after running past a number of players of Totte

Former Barcelona striker Bojan Krkic says that he is enjoying his time at Stoke City, who emerged as unlikely winners for the signature of the Spaniard in the summer.

West Ham United played a thrilling Premier League match with Manchester United which concluded with Manchester United managing to scrape a 2-1 victory but the manager of West Ham United, Sam Allardyce believes that his squad earned and deserved at least 1 point out of the match.
The match kicked off with Manchester United scoring 2 goals in the first half through Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie but West Ham United responded a few minutes later with Sakho as he salvaged 1 goal for his club.

Xavi Hernandez was on the brink of leaving Barcelona a few months ago with rumors suggesting that the Spanish midfielder had planned on joining a club in the MLS or in Qatar but after everything was said and done, Xavi ultimately decided to stay as a player of Barcelona for at least one more season.

The experienced midfielder does not play such an important role for Barcelona as he used to do a few years ago but Xavi is well aware of that and he is quite happy with his role in the team mostly as a substitute player than anything else.

Stoke City midfielder Steve Sidwell has claimed that the club’s summer acquisition Bojan Krkic will be an exciting player in the Premier League for the upcoming season. The former Barcelona forward joined Stoke in a deal that has raised a few eyebrows. It was only a few years ago that the 23-year-old was regarded as one of most exciting players in world football. However, his career has not progressed in the same way as many would have hoped, but even at this young age, he has the possibility to rediscover his form.