Huddlestone having medical at Stoke

Stoke are lining up a deal to take Tottenham midfielder Tom Huddlestone to the Britannia Stadium.

The Potters have confirmed the 25-year-old is currently at the club's Clayton Wood training ground to undergo a medical. Stoke winger Jermaine Pennant leaked the news on Twitter after arriving for training on Wednesday morning.

"I walked in training & got a shock saw my friend Tom Huddlestone....on loan till end of season good signing," he wrote. "Yes it's true he's going to have a medical later if it's all good we have got him till the end of the season."

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