Crouch set for Potters debut

Stoke’s £10m record signing Peter Crouch is set to make his debut against former club Liverpool in tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash at the Britannia Stadium.

The England striker is one of three players snapped up on transfer deadline day by Potters boss Tony Pulis, who will run the rule over the other new recruits Wilson Palacios and Cameron Jerome to see if they are fit enough to make their bows for the Staffordshire outfit.

Marc Wilson and Rory Delap (both hamstring) will also be assessed ahead of kick-off.

Provisional squad: Begovic, Wilson, Huth, Shawcross, Upson, Wilkinson, Whelan, Whitehead, Diao, Etherington, Walters, Jones, Sorensen, Shotton, Arismendi, Woodgate, Pennant, Delap, Crouch, Palacios, Jerome.