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IN-FORM LEICESTER have been given an unusual incentive ahead of their Premier League encounter with Stoke this weekend. Stoke City, ranked #18 with two points, is poised as the underdog of the match.

Stoke forward Bojan insists he is ready to his first Premier League game in eight months against Leicester on Saturday.

Shaqiri will be one of a handful of changes made by manager Mark Hughes but Bowen insists Stoke will still field a strong team against their League Two opponents.

Stoke City manager Mark Hughes is hopeful of signing Inter winger Xherdan Shaqiri, who was at the Britannia Stadium today.

The club statement explained the situation, saying: “The central defender has suffered a recurrence of a back problem that troubled him last season”.

The injury hampered the 27-year-old’s involvement last season, but the club had been hopeful that surgery would not be required.