Stoke City’s 2018 Wolves deal was start of a disappointing and costly sequence: View

The previous campaign had seen the Potters relegated from the Premier League, after ten consecutive seasons in the top-flight of English football.

As a result, the club found themselves preparing for life back in the Championship, where, despite the drop, they still found themselves able to invest some significant funds in the transfer window.

That allowed them to bring in a number of players during the 2018 summer market, with nine new players added to the club’s first-team squad.

Among those who made the move to Stoke City in that period, was Benik Afobe.

Potters invested heavily in Benik Afobe deal

The early part of that 2018 summer transfer window certainly proved to be eventful for Afobe.

He had spent the second half of the 2017/18 campaign back on loan with his former club Wolves, where he impressed with six goals in 16 games, helping them win the Championship title.

As a result, Wolves then made his move permanent at the start of June 2018. But despite that, it was announced on the 12th June 2018, that Stoke had completed the loan signing of Afobe.