Hoffenheim Will Not Allow Demba Ba To Join Stoke City On Loan - Ernst Tanner

Hoffenheim sporting director Ernst Tanner has made it clear that Demba Ba won't join Stoke City on loan.
Attacker Demba Ba appeared all set to leave Bundesliga side Hoffenheim for Premier League outfit Stoke City last week for a fee in the region of €7 million until the deal collapsed after Ba failed a medical.

Stoke manager Tony Pulis then revealed that the 25-year-old Ba could still leave Hoffe for Stoke City on a loan deal, but Hoffenheim's sporting director Ernst Tanner has made it clear that a temporary move is unlikely to take place.

"The Stoke manager is desperate to land Demba Ba. The failed medical by Demba appears to me just an element of show in the whole transfer saga," Tanner was quoted as saying by Heilbronner Stimme.

"Stoke are so keen on Demba they have now come up with a proposal to sign Demba Ba on loan. This is certainly nothing we are going to agree to, but we will continue to stay in touch with Stoke.

"It's a fact we had everything done with Stoke regarding a transfer before Demba Ba failed the medical."