New Stoke City signing Xherdan Shaqiri has explained manager Mark Hughes was a major factor in his club record £12m switch from Inter Milan.

Shaqiri told the club's official website, www.stokecityfc.com: “It is very important for me to have the coach behind me showing great belief in me, and Mark Hughes has done that. “He's a great guy, a great coach and somebody that I'm excited to work for. “We have had many conversations, spoke about lots of different things and in the end, this was the move that I really wanted to make. “It