BOJAN KRKIC is willing to listen to offers to quit Stoke this January.
Ill-informed reports claimed yesterday that Krkic is happy to stay at the Britannia.
But Sunsport understands Bojan, 26, is NOT happy and boss Mark Hughes faces a fight to keep hold of the Spanish star after starting him just eight times in the League since giving him a new deal last February.
Valencia and Las Palmas want to bring the former Barca starlet back to La Liga in the New Year and he also has a megabucks offer from China.
Yesterday, Hughes admitted he held crunch talks with Bojan’s representatives.
Sunsport has learnt that meeting took place after the 2-2 draw with Leicester in which Bojan scored and was voted Man of the Match by Stoke fans.
Hughes tried to reassure the star’s agents about the star’s concerns at his lack of opportunities but then surprisingly dropped Bojan in the next game at Liverpool.
It was his ONLY change from the team that faced Leicester.
Following the 4-1 loss Hughes came under attack from Stoke legend Alan Hudson.
Hudson said: “What bothers me about Hughes is his team selection. What's happening with Bojan? Is he injured? You either play players like that, or you sell them on.
"If you're going to get anywhere against teams like Liverpool you can't just play players who are going to try and stop them.”
But Hughes said: "Bojan’s people came in and we had a discussion. Clearly he wants to play more and I want to give him more opportunities and he’ll get that.
"It’s making sure we get those decisions correct in terms of when he plays and when he has an impact.
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"He’s an outstanding player and he’s going to get good game time from now until the end of the season.
"It’s up to us to make sure he’s happy enough with the time we give him.
"He’s had that explained to him and his advisers. We want him to stay because he’s a big part of what we’re doing and aiming to become.
"We have players leaving for the African Cup of Nations next month, so he’s almost certainly going to get game time and when he takes that opportunity, he will probably stay in the team."
Krkic joined Stoke in the summer of 2014 from Barcelona.
Despite an eight-month lay-off with a cruciate ligament injury in his first season he impressed enough to be given a new four-and-a-half year deal last February.
It came after Bojan attracted interest from Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United in last January’s window.
But after signing the new deal Bojan made just three League starts in the remainder of last season.
He still finished as the team’s second highest scorer with 7 goals behind Marko Arnautovic.
And he has only made five starts and three sub appearances in the Premier League this campaign netting three times.
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