Stoke swoop for Liverpool's Wales midfielder

(Reuters) - Stoke City have captured Wales midfielder Joe Allen from Liverpool on a five-year deal for a fee which could reach 13 million pounds ($17.07 million), the club said on Monday. The 26-year-old, who played a key role in Wales reaching the Euro 2016 semi-finals, is Stoke's second close-season signing after Egyptian winger Ramadan Sobhi joined earlier on Monday. "(Manager) Mark Hughes has achieved great things here... already and he sold the club to me in terms of their ambitions moving