Former Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has urged the club's fans to back whoever is brought in to replace him.

Pulis, who mutually agreed to leave Stoke earlier in the week, said that he respected the club's decision to let him go.

"It is all over for me now and, believe you me, I wish the club all the best in the future," told The Sentinel.

"Of course I am disappointed I cannot carry on in a job I have loved from first minute to last. I accept the club's decision to move things in a different direction because that is the right of any owner.

"The journey stops here, but what a journey. You, Stoke City's wonderful support, have played such a massive part in the distance we have travelled over the last 10 years. That is how vital your support is, and that is why I urge you to get behind the new manager just like you got behind the old one."

Stoke finished the season with their lowest Premier League points tally of 42.