Exclusive: Stoke City Set to Tie Down Ben Wilmot as Defender Agrees New Long-Term Deal

Stoke City defender Ben Wilmot is close to signing a new deal with the club, SportsBoom can exclusively reveal.

The experienced 26-year-old centre-back is out of contract next summer and the Potters are desperate to keep him.

Wilmot has impressed this season at the heart of the defence, with Mark Robins’ ambitious side flying high in third place in the Championship.

As exclusively revealed by SportsBoom just over a month ago, Wilmot has been offered a new three-year deal to stay at the bet365 Stadium.

And our sources have now learnt that the former Stevenage and Watford defender is ready to put pen to paper.

Wilmot is thriving under Robins with the Potters having won eight and drawn three of their 15 fixtures so far this term.

Alongside defenders Ashley Phillips and Bosun Lawal, who have also played in central defence this season – and full-backs Aaron Cresswell and Junior Tchamadeu, Stoke have kept six cleansheets already this season.

And Stoke see Wilmot as a key player in their charge to try and win promotion back to the Premier League after a seven-year absence.

The club were relegated from the top-flight at the end of the 2017-18 season and are hungry to return to the promised land.

PERFORMER

Wilmot has been a consistent performer for Stoke ever since signing from Watford, with whom he won promotion to the Premier League.

He joined the Potters on a four-year deal in June 2021 and signed a new three-year contract extension in May 2023.

But with less than six months left on his deal the Staffordshire outfit are keen to wrap up negotiations before the New Year.

Wilmot has played 153 games in the Championship for the Potters and is now in his fifth season with the club.

He won the club’s Player of the Year award in his second season with the club and is a player admired by many of the club’s loyal supporters.