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Ryan Mmaee is training with the club’s under-21 side after a disciplinary issue
Despite signing 25 players since the end of the 2022/23 season, Stoke City find themselves in a precarious 20th in the Championship, just three points above the relegation zone.
Given how active the Potters have been in recent transfer windows, no one would have envisaged the club having such a poor season, particularly with the club being one of the more financially stable ones in the division thanks to the backing of the Coates family.
One of Stoke’s 20 summer signings was Moroccan striker Ryan Mmaee. The 26-year-old Belgian-born player made the move from Hungarian side Ferencváros in July, for a reported fee of £3.4 million signing a three-year deal at The bet365 Stadium.
However, the move hasn’t quite gone to plan and Mmaee is out of the first-team fold and currently training with the club’s U21 side for disciplinary reasons.
Ryan Mmaee’s move to Stoke City hasn’t worked out
The striker moved to Stoke with a good reputation after scoring 32 goals in 73 appearances for Ferencváros and started every game for the club during their 2022/23 Europa League campaign.
However, since joining the Potters, Mmaee has made just 23 appearances, scoring four times and registering four assists.
He hasn’t scored for Steven Schumacher’s side since the 29th December and has been completely excluded from their matchday squad for their two most recent fixtures, against Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers.
