I wouldn't pay much notice, Davies is as good as theirs. The deals agreed with player and agent, they're just waiting for the go ahead. The fact the deal has already been agreed tells me stoke are 99% certain Butland will be gone very soon. The only way Davies will stay with us is if Butland deal goes tits up, we manage to more than triple his current wage and that no other club shows any interest. The last I heard he has 3 offers from the UK and one in Holland.
As much as I rate Davies, I can’t see a team with recent Premier League history giving him the guaranteed number 1 spot. Wouldn’t surprise me if he went to Stoke and they still signed somebody like Hart.
It's time Barnsley took the deal off the table like they did with Shuker. Using us a Stop gap should no one come in for him is not on. No doubt hell have been offered a vast sum making him Barnsleys highest ever paid keeper by a mile. Tell him to sign by the end of the month or the deal is off.
Shuker was imo treated shoddily - one of the poorer things done by Shepherd - and was replaced with a mercenary from Donny who fecked off inside six months as soon as he had a sniff of more cash, who went on - it is alleged - to rip off many of his fellow players in a scam, something I believe he still denies.
Its definitely looking like we're going to lose Davies but until he signs for another club I'm clinging to the hope that he'll still be with us next season.