Stoke City have agreed a fee of just over £1m with Jamaican side Portmore United for midfielder Rudolph Austin.

The Potters will now have to apply for a work permit if they are to bring the 22-year-old Jamaican international to the Britannia Stadium.

"It wasn't a straight forward negotiation with Portmore because we had some competition," chief executive Tony Scholes told BBC Radio Stoke.

"We've done the deal to sign him. We now need to get the work permit."

mi *la*hdclatt fren reach far, but mi still bada dan him inna football. him jus more determined dan mi austin n mek mi proud

zeen longtime him want that still portmore a go loose a big gun still

eeeeeeeeeee....him a lfe jamaica guh str8 a EPL....dats great mve fi him