Peter Odemwingie is excited by the competition for places at Stoke City this season.

Odemwingie was recently awarded a new contract by the Potters following his return from injury but the winger does face a fight on his hands to earn a regular first team spot in the lineup due to the arrival of a host of quality attacking players this summer.

Rather than being fazed though, Odemwingie is feeling excited by competing with the likes of summer signing Joselu and the returning Bojan Krkic, and has stated that such strength in depth will only help Stoke as a team.

Odemwingie told the Stoke Sentinel: "There is a lot of competition, but that only excites me. It means we are going to do well as a group. In my situation there is a lot of expectation about coming back from injury. That's probably not what I really need, but I am going to give my best.

"Knowing there are people who will do well means we are going to have a good season, secure our Premier League status again... and then go for the extras.

"We will all get game time. It's rare for one player to be in top form all season. Some were good at the end, some were good at the beginning but everyone has his time to stake his claim and everyone has a part to play.

"We had a successful season last year and it's still our success. I didn't play a lot of games, but it's our group and I'm part of it. I was happy that the group won. That's the same with Bojan too. All my head's been in the new season.

"There will be spells when I will be scoring goals and there will be spells when it will be someone else. It is all that joined together that will hopefully make us a top 10 team again."