Adam: Stoke's ambition is to get into Europe

Charlie Adam is thrilled with Stoke City's recruitment and wants the club to push for a European place in 2015-16.

With the likes of Ibrahim Afellay already on the books and Xherdan Shaqiri expected to sign soon, Stoke City can make a genuine bid for European qualification, according to Charlie Adam.

After losing 1-0 at home to Liverpool on Sunday - described by Adam as "only one game" - the gloss may have been taken off Stoke's offseason recruitment, which saw Afellay, Marco van Ginkel, Joselu and Glen Johnson arrive at the Britannia Stadium.

But Adam remains excited about the potential of Mark Hughes' Stoke squad, with the latter having confirmed Monday that talks have resumed to sign…