Stoke City are ready to extend Ryan Shawcross’s 10-year spell by offering the club captain a new contract.

Shawcross’s future has been thrown into doubt after manager Mark Hughes revealed there have been no negotiations with the centre-half, who has just over 12 months left on his current deal.

Newcastle have already registered an interest in the 29-year-old, while clubs abroad are monitoring his situation with a view to signing him to a pre-contract next January.

But Stoke expect to begin talks at the end of the season and want to tie Shawcross down to another long-term deal, taking him towards his mid-thirties.

Shawcross is thought to be relaxed about the situation and, equally, Stoke do not anticipate any problems persuading the defender to pledge his future to the club.