Stoke City skipper Ryan Shawcross believes he has improved even further under manager Mark Hughes.
The centre-half emerged as one of the brightest defenders in England under Tony Pulis but feels his game has gone to another level under the tutelage of Hughes who took the reins at the Britannia Stadium in 2013.
"Mark Hughes has taken me to the next level with my distribution, so a lot of praise has to go to them both," Shawcross told the Stoke Sentinel.
"He (Pulis) was a very good manager and probably one of the best in the history of the club, but we've got a brilliant new manager now."
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