Oussama Assaidi unsure over future

Oussama Assaidi has hinted that he would like to remain at Stoke City when his loan spell finishes at the end of the season.

The 25-year-old winger moved to the Britannia Stadium from Liverpool during the summer after failing to secure regular first-team football at Anfield.

Assaidi has said that while he is enjoying his stint at Stoke, he does not know if he has a future under Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers.

"I don't know what is going to happen with me," Soccerway quotes Assaidi as saying. "Sometimes Brendan Rodgers texts me, but I don't know.

"I am very happy here, because Mark Hughes has made me better, giving me a lot of confidence and letting me do my job the way I want to. Everyone at the club seems to like me. We will see at the end of the year what happens.

"He texts me sometimes if I score, saying 'well done', 'keep going' and 'I am hearing good things about you'. But I love to play here for Stoke because they have given me a chance."

Assaidi has scored four goals in 15 appearances for Stoke.