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Potters reject double swoop claims
Stoke City, 15:03, July 2, 2009 ,
Peter Coates has rejected claims that Stoke are looking to sign West Ham defender James Collins and Newcastle striker Obafemi Martins.
The Potters chairman says Tony Pulis has spoken to Gianfranco Zola about centre-back Collins but insists a deal is not in the pipeline for the Wales international.
Speaking to The Sentinel, Coates revealed: "I think Tony Pulis has had talks with West Ham about this and that, but nothing concrete.
"There's nothing happening at the moment with regard to that player and there probably won't be."
Meanwhile, Coates says there has been no interest in Nigeria frontman Martins, who is expected to leave St James' Park this summer - Stoke's top two strike targets appear to be Dean Ashton and Michael Owen.
He added: "There's nothing in that one. We haven't had contact or discussions about him (Martins) at all. I don't know where the story has come from, but there is no substance to it."