Stoke City forward Bojan Krkic could be an important player for the club next season as he returns from loan spell at Mainz 05, the Premier League club's chief executive Tony Scholes has said.
The 26-year-old left the bet365 Stadium in January in search of regular first-team football but struggled to find form at Mainz, scoring just once in 11 appearances.
'Bojan will return to us on July 1 and who knows? Bojan might be an absolutely key player for us next year,' Scholes told the Stoke Sentinel.
'Bojan, on his day, is as good as there is.