Mark Hughes will take his squad to the desert heat of Dubai this week — but first he wants to cool the boiling feud over Saido Berahino.
A war of words erupted between Hughes's Stoke and former boss Tony Pulis's West Brom when Sportsmail revealed that Potters new boy Berahino had previously been banned by the FA for failing a drugs test while with Albion.
Speaking after Joe Allen struck the only goal of an uninspiring game to plunge Sam Allardyce's Crystal Palace further into relegation trouble, Hughes tried to draw a line under an unseemly episode.