Stoke have signed West Brom striker Saido Berahino for a fee of £12m on a five-and-a-half-year deal. The 23-year-old's contract had been due to expire at the end of the season, and the Baggies offered him a new deal for a third time in December. He had not played for West Brom since September. "We've signed a young English striker who has already proven his ability in the Premier League," said Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes. "After a frustrating period he's now desperately keen to reignite his career and we look forward to seeing him do that with us."

The England Under-21 forward is the Potters' second signing of this transfer window after the loan deal for Derby keeper Lee Grant was made permanent. Berahino's relationship with the Baggies had broken down after he had scored 20 goals in 45 appearances during the 2014-15 campaign. The striker reacted angrily to a bid from Tottenham being turned down on transfer deadline day in summer 2015 and two months later tweeted that he would never play for the club again under then-chairman Jeremy Peace. And in January 2015, Berahino scored four goals but barely celebrated in what was interpreted as a sign of his growing disillusionment at the Hawthorns.

Speaking after Saturday's 4-0 defeat by Spurs, West Brom boss - and former Stoke manager - Tony Pulis had said Berahino would not be sold "unless it is right for the club". He added: "It has to be a two-way situation. That has always been the situation; we will not sell the lad because it suits him."