Jamie Donley is returning to Tottenham Hotspur after cutting short an intended season-long loan at Stoke City.
The 20-year-old Northern Ireland playmaker had hoped to kick on in the Championship this season after helping Leyton Orient reach the League One play-offs in the second-half of last term.
But his two starts both came in the Carabao Cup early in the campaign and his last cameo in the league came at Millwall in October. There have been matches when he hasn't been named among the substitutes.
Stoke head to Hull without him today (3pm) and there is understood to be interest from other Championship clubs to take him for the next few months. He is allowed to join a different club this window because he hasn't previously played for Spurs this season. He will hope to find a place to play to put himself into international contention ahead of World Cup qualifying play-offs in the spring.
Mark Robins has kept faith in Bae Junho at number 10 for Stoke, also at times using Lewis Baker. The Potters have Ashley Phillips as a regular starter borrowed from Spurs and striker Divin Mubama from Manchester City. They now have three vacant loan spots as Robins tries to bolster his squad this month.
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