Mark Hughes has the "full support" of Stoke City's owners despite a nightmare start to the season.
Stoke City chairman Peter Coates claims the club's hierarchy has offered its full support to Mark Hughes after a winless start to the Premier League season.
The Potters have begun slowly before, including last season, when they lost three and drew three of their opening six matches.
But 2016-17 has offered little cause for encouragement so far, Stoke losing four of their first five matches of the league campaign, conceding 14 goals and scoring just three times in the process.