Mark Hughes Cuts Seven Players Loose

[Folami David]

Newly appointed Stoke City manager Mark Hughes has sanctioned the release of seven players, the Premier League club revealed on Thursday.
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The players leaving the club include former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant, one-time England centre- back Matthew Upson, and Irish midfielder Rory Delap, whose long throw-ins were a renowned feature of the team's strategy under Hughes's predecessor, Tony Pulis.
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Pennant, 30, made only two appearances for Stoke this season and spent three months of the campaign on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Championship.
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Hughes also released midfielder Dean Whitehead, who made 30 appearances in the 2012-13 campaign.
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The other players allowed to leave the Britannia Stadium were goalkeeper Carlo Nash, Northern Irish midfielder Matthew Lund, and Malian striker Mamady Sidibe.

[Shola Sholaz]

Stoke City can really do without this players mentioned above. The club can survive without them.

[Shola Sholaz]

Players that are not in any way necessary in teams should be kicked out. It's a waste of weekly salaries.