Already the transfer window is hotting up, with Gareth Barrys 12 million pound move from Aston Villa to Manchester City and Birminghamsclub recordcapture of Ecuadorian striker Christian Benitez, being the two biggest deals completed yet. The summer just wouldnt be the same without dozens of intriguing rumours about Stoke City transfers, both in and out of the club, flying around, so heres my round up of the second week of speculation.Players In Rumours:We have been strongly linked with a move for Newcastles attacking midfielder Alan Smith, Joe Mauer Jersey with the player reportedly very keen toleave the Championship (it feels so good to type that) club.Sky Sports says Stoke want the unfit and out of form Smith, the general consensus is we could do much betterLast week it was reported by a lot of media outlets that we were set to sign the little-known Peruvian-born Swedish midfielder Andres Vasquez on a free transfer, but now it appears that this will not happen, with the original reports being debunked by the player, having seemingly, as the have a habit of being, blown out of all proportion.We are sketchily rumoured to have made a bidfor Dinamo Zagrebs 9 million rated Croatian international forward Mario Manduki, but if this is the case, we seem to have been unsucce sful, as he is hotly tipped to move to Werder Bremen instead.Meanwhile, in an apparently more concrete Justin Morneau Jersey situation, Senegalese midfielder Guirane NDaw, who plays for FC Nantes, who were relegated from Ligue1 recently, is said to be travelling to Stoke this week for talks to resurrect a transfer that fell through last summer.Yet another Senegalese giant for Stoke? Players from the former Yugoslav nations seem to be in hot demand this summer, and another we have Martin Perez Jersey been linked with is Hadjuk Splits 23 year old Bosnian international Senijad Ibrii, an attacking midfielder/second strikerwho, promisingly, is revered for his pace and goalscoring, having already scored 51 league goals from just 153 games.Another player said to be interesting Stoke manager Tony Pulis is the Ivorian centre-back Steve Gohouri, who currently plays in Germany for Boru sia Mnchengladbachand was previously linked with the club last December.We may also see an influx of American players into the club, as Adrian Heath, the manager of our a sociate club Austin Aztex has said that he has three our four players he knows are good enough for English football and plans to send for trials at Stoke soon.Rosenborgs Norwegian centre-back Vadim Demidov is also reportedly a target for the Potters, though the 22 year old is also attracting interest from Aston Villa.Demidov a future Stokie?Stoke and Wigan are also said to be tracking Middlesbrough forward Jeremie Aliadiere, who is apparently desperate Harmon Killebrew Jersey to leave the club after their relegation to the Championship.Another Middlesbrough player linked with Stoke is Robert Huth, but the Teesiders have warned potential suitors that the German centre-back will not come cheap.Central midfield is one position Pulis will almost certainly look to strengthen this summer, with one of many likely targets being Sampdorias experienced Gennaro Delvecchio.Finally for this week, the Potters are also rumoured to be eying up a bid for Mauritanian striker Amadou Ala sane.The 26 Fernando Rodney Jersey year oldplays in France for Le Havre.Players Out Rumours:The two former Premier League clubs who will join Newcastle in the Championship next season, Middlesbrough and West Brom, are said to be considering a move for Stoke midfielder Michael Tonge, despite the 26 year old recently saying he is happy to fight for a place at the Britannia Stadium, having started just one league game for the club.Stoke captain Andy Griffin, who is sure to depart this summer, having admitted a rift with Pulis, is allegedly arousing interest from his former club Newcastle, who he left to join Portsmouth in 2004.Griffin once scored a stunning Champions League goal for Newcastle against Juventus. Itll be a long time before anything like that happens again on Tyneside