Stoke and Portsmouth are lining up a swap deal with winger Liam Lawrence and striker Dave Kitson set to head for the south coast and Marc Wilson moving to Staffordshire.

Neil Warnock is ready to save Dave Kitson from his Stoke nightmare with a £2million bid.

New Bristol City boss Steve Coppell is keen to sign two players he had at Reading, striker Dave Kitson, now at Stoke, and defender Ivar Ingimarsson, who is still at the Madejski Stadium

Birmingham and Reading will battle it out for Stoke striker Dave Kitson

Stoke striker Dave Kitson wants to make his loan move to former club Reading permanent