Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua tohe a Mark Hughes ka whai moni nui ia ki te whakapau i tenei raumati mena ka hiahiatia <unk> a ka kii atu ki a Asmir Begovic ka taea e ia te whakatutuki i ona wawata i Stoke City. Kua puritia e te kaiwhakahaere Stoke te pukapuka arowhai o te karapu i roto i tona pute mai i te tango i te marama o Mei 2013, engari i kii ia ka rere atu ia ka waatea te kaitakaro tika. Ko te hainatanga o Begovic ki tetahi kirimana hou he kaupapa matua na te mea ka uru te kaitiaki o Bosnia ki te tau whakamutunga o tana kirimana o naianei. Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Stoke City a Mark Hughes e whakapono ana ka whai moni ia ki te whakapau i te matapihi whakawhiti raumati. E hiahia ana a Hughes kia whakaaetia e te kaitiaki whaainga a Asmir Begovic he kirimana hou i te Papa Whutupaoro o Britannia. Engari ka tāpiri atu a Hughes i ngā hoko utu nui mēnā e tika ana, i te mea kua ngaro ia i te £10 miriona o Xherdan Shaqiri i te matapihi o Hānuere. Ka mea a Hughes: 'Kāore he nui o te moni i pau i a mātau mai i taku taenga mai ki konei. He whakapaunga pūtea £6 miriona ki taku whakaaro i runga i ngā matapihi whakawhiti e whā. Engari kaore au i whakaarohia mena ka waatea te kaitakaro tika ana ka hiahia tatou ki te akiaki i te poti ki reira kaore he moni e waatea ana. 'Kua whai mātou i ētahi kaitākaro, me ētahi whaainga, he tino, he tino tata ki te wāhi e taea ai e mātou te whakatau mēnā kua whakapau moni nui mātou, kāore rānei. Kei te noho a Stoke i te 10 o nga taumata i te Pirimia Pirimia me te whai waahi tonu ki te whiwhi i tetahi waahi Pakeha. Ka mutu te kirimana a Begovic i te mutunga o te tau e whai ake nei, ā, ka taea te whaainga e ngā karapu i tēnei raumati. 'Kāore anō mātou kia tae ki te wāhi e hiahiatia ana e mātou, nā te mea i taka te ūnga ki te taha o te huarahi. Kāre rawa au i ruarua mēnā kei te wātea te ūnga tika ka wātea mai ngā pūtea ki ahau.' He maha nga karapu ka whakatau pea ki te neke atu mo Begovic, 27, kua whakaritea ki te whakatuwhera i nga korero mo te whakawhānui i tana noho ki Stoke ka mutu te waa. Ka mea a Hughes: 'Kei te tino mohio ahau kei te titiro ratou ki a ia. Engari he maha ngā mea e taea ana e mātou te tuku ki a Asmir. E mōhio ana ia he karapu pai mātou, ā, ko te tūmanako ka haere tonu te ahunga whakamua. E hiahia ana ia ki te uru atu ki tētahi karapu whutupaoro angitu, e mōhio ana ahau....
Ko te kaiwhakahaere o Stoke a Mark Hughes e 6 miriona pauna te nui o tana whakapaunga. E whakapono ana ia ka tautoko te karapu i a ia i te matapihi whakawhiti o tenei raumati. Kei te tumanako a Hughes ki te whakairi i te kaitiaki whaainga tuatahi a Asmir Begovic. Ka mutu te kirimana o te kaitākaro o mua o Portsmouth i te mutunga o te tau e whai ake nei.