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Dean Ashton's Injury History Doesn't Deter Stoke City Boss Tony Pulis
The Potter's chief is still keen on signing the Hammer's hitman...
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Jul 31, 2009 2:15:37 PM
West Ham United striker Dean Ashton is edging ever closer to the Upton Park exit, after Tony Pulis admitted his injury history doesn't bother him.
The Stoke City manager has made no secret of his pursuit for Ashton and told The Daily Mirror that he was not deterred by the player's injury history.
Ashton is expected to complete a £5 million move to Stoke as soon as his current manager, Gianfranco Zola, has found a replacement.
Pulis compared the signing of Ashton to that of Ricardo Fuller from Southampton. "You're always taking a chance with people who have had injuries, but we took Ricardo Fuller when nobody would touch him and paid Southampton a nominal fee," he explained.
"I don't think he's missed a day's training since he came here and the only games he missed have been through suspension, not injury.
"Now and then you have to take a chance and even more so if they have the quality you can't get anywhere else."
Ashton was hours away from an England debut against Greece in 2006 when a tough tackle in training by Manchester City's Shaun Wright-Phillips ruled him out with injury.
He eventually made his international bow against Trinidad and Tobago in 2008, a game that remains his only international cap.
David Kifford, Goal.com
The Stoke City manager has made no secret of his pursuit for Ashton and told The Daily Mirror that he was not deterred by the player's injury history.
Ashton is expected to complete a £5 million move to Stoke as soon as his current manager, Gianfranco Zola, has found a replacement.
Pulis compared the signing of Ashton to that of Ricardo Fuller from Southampton. "You're always taking a chance with people who have had injuries, but we took Ricardo Fuller when nobody would touch him and paid Southampton a nominal fee," he explained.
"I don't think he's missed a day's training since he came here and the only games he missed have been through suspension, not injury.
"Now and then you have to take a chance and even more so if they have the quality you can't get anywhere else."
Ashton was hours away from an England debut against Greece in 2006 when a tough tackle in training by Manchester City's Shaun Wright-Phillips ruled him out with injury.
He eventually made his international bow against Trinidad and Tobago in 2008, a game that remains his only international cap.
David Kifford, Goal.com
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