Where his original skills and confidence went is a topic on the minds of some stoke supporters, but the situation seemed to draw to a close with Asaba not wanting to play at Stoke and a move to Coventry was arranged.
However this fell through when Gunnar Gislasson decided he wanted a fee for the striker.
He is now expected to finally be released for Millwall where he can get himself back into first team action. He is expected to partner Barry Hayles in the lions attack following Bob Peeters release last week