Stoke have admitted Haminu Dramani's loan deal from Lokomotiv Moscow won't be complete in time for him to play on Saturday. "Everything at our end has now been completed and we are just awaiting some signatures from the other parties involved," Scholes told the club's official website.
"We are pressing and pressing, and hopefully very imminently we will be able to make an announcement.
"We aren't signing a lad from Wolverhampton or Manchester here, we are taking a Ghanaian from a team in Moscow.
"There are African agents involved, Russian agents involved and we have got an English agent involved as well so it isn't going to be easy.
"Even if we get it done today he won't be able to feature this weekend."
Pulis admits he is taking a gamble by signing a player he has not even seen, but insists he has total faith in the club's scouting network.
"Kempy (David Kemp, assistant manager) has watched him out in Russia this summer and likes what he sees," said the manager.
"His judgment of a player is usually spot on so I have no problem trusting his opinion. He tells me he's quick and can play on either wing."
