Mark Hughes says Marko Arnautovic's focus firmly on football

Stoke manager Mark Hughes is pleased Marko Arnautovic is concentrating on his football, rather than becoming sidetracked by contract talks.

Arnautovic’s representatives have been in negotiations with the club for some time about extending the big Austrian’s stay at the Britannia Stadium.

On Saturday the 26-year-old, whose existing Stoke deal runs until the summer of 2017, marked his 100th appearance for the club with both goals, the first from the penalty spot, in a 2-1 home win against Aston Villa. The double moved Arnautovic onto 10 goals for the season - his most prolific return since arriving for an undisclosed seven- figure fee from Werder Bremen in September 2013.