by Martin Spinks
martin.spinks@thesentinel.co.uk

SEYI Olofinjana is heading to Monaco for contract talks after Stoke agreed a fee of £2.5m with the French outfit, the club confirmed today.

Olofinjana was given permission to fly to the south of France after protracted negotiations between the two clubs finally reached agreement.

But The Sentinel understands the move is not cut and dried as there could yet be alternative interest from at least one English club.

And Olofinjana is understood to prefer to keep his young family in England after making this country his home for the past five years.

The 30 year-old midfielder, who made 14 Premier League starts and four sub appearances after his £3m move from Wolves last summer, might also regard Monaco as something of a footballing backwater after five seasons in English football.