Stoke City are set to be busy in the transfer market in the coming months as Steven Schumacher shapes his squad ahead of the new season.

The Potters have already signed standout goalkeeper Viktor Johansson and experienced centre-back Ben Gibson from Rotherham United and Norwich City respectively, and soon look set to seal the arrival of Sint-Truiden defender Eric Junior Bocat.

With Schumacher looking to put his own stamp on his squad ahead of his first summer transfer window, he has sanctioned the exits of first-team players Tyrese Campbell, Ciaran Clark, Wesley, Tom Edwards and D’Margio Wright-Phillips, with all set to depart upon the expiry of their contracts this summer.

Other than those already out-of-contract, Stoke are yet to allow any players to leave the club so far this summer – with that in mind, FLW offers three names from the Potters’ ranks who could potentially benefit from a spell away on loan next season.

Walsall-born goalkeeper Tommy Simkin has been with Stoke since the age of 12, progressing throughout the youth ranks to eventually make his senior bow for the club last season at 19-years-old.

The England youth international has been a regular for the Potters’ U18 and U21 sides in recent years, amid loan spells at National League North outfit AFC Fylde in 2022/23 and then National League side Solihull Moors in 2023/24.

He played 19 times for the Moors in an impressive spell in the first half of the last campaign, but was recalled to the Stoke first-team squad in November following an injury to then-second-choice keeper Frank Fielding.