Jones suffered the ankle injury on his Stoke debut on Saturday

New Stoke striker Kenwyne Jones has an "outside chance" of facing Tottenham on Saturday after making a quick recovery from an ankle ligament problem.

It was feared Jones, who signed from Sunderland this month, could be out for weeks after suffering the injury on his debut in Saturday's defeat by Wolves.

But a scan revealed only minor damage and he has been able to resume running.

"He is much better," said Stoke boss Tony Pulis. "Hopefully he can do a bit more and he's got an outside chance."

Jones, whose transfer from the Black Cats on 12 August was for a Potters club record of £8m, lasted barely 15 minutes of his first match following a challenge from Wolves defender Jody Craddock.

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The 25-year-old Trinidad and Tobago international subsequently underwent a series of scans and X-rays on Monday that revealed he had not suffered any serious damage.

Pulis added: "I went running with him yesterday and managed to stay up with him, so he is still not as fit as he should be! But we are very pleased that it is not a serious injury."

Jones almost made an immediate impact in his brief bow for Stoke, crashing a shot against the woodwork at Molineux, but Pulis has suggested he might be one of a number of arrivals before the end of the transfer window as he looks to "shake the place up".

Pulis signed Jon Walters from Ipswich on Wednesday, missed out on Manchester City forward Craig Bellamy, who eventually joined Cardiff, and has several more targets in mind.

"I'm hoping next week we'll get another four players in if we can," he added.

"We are really, really desperately keen to change one or two things around and shake the place up.

"That is very important. We are looking all over for different players and I'm hoping next week one or two things will drop for us.

"We have worked very hard to put things in place and we were disappointed with the Bellamy situation - we worked hard to try and get Craig here."

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