@GrandOldTeam is spot on here. We want to loan him (because we're skint/sensible, delete as appropriate), Stoke want to buy him. He'd rather come to us, Inter would rather sell him outright. He was at the match today to see if he could be convinced to pick Stoke. I doubt the answer is yes, but if it is, it's because we don't want to fork out the £12m up front (which personally I think is sensible).