Stoke are set to complete the signings of Tottenham's Wilson Palacios and Peter Crouch, and have bid for Crystal Palace forward Wilfried Zaha.
Stoke have been chasing Palacios and Crouch for much of the summer but Harry Redknapp has refused to let the pair leave White Hart Lane before landing his own targets.
However, Tottenham have now completed the signings of Yago Falque and Emmanuel Adebayor, and are also in talks with Scott Parker - paving the way for Palacios and Crouch to move on.
It is understood the fee for the pair is closer to £15million than the £18million Spurs originally wanted.
Palacios' move has been agreed in principle for weeks, but it is only over the past two days that Stoke have been able to persuade Crouch to move north.
The Potters have signed only Jonathan Woodgate and Matthew Upson, both on free transfers, so far this summer, but Tony Pulis remains hopeful of landing up to five new players before Wednesday's transfer deadline.
A bid was lodged for Zaha on Friday after the club's director of football John Rudge score him score twice for Palace against Crawley in midweek, while talks look set to re-open with Birmingham forward Cameron Jerome.
Pulis would also like to take either Shaun Wright-Phillips or Craig Bellamy from Manchester City to provide cover for the wings.
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