Earlier this week England coach Fabio Capello said it was often a problem that players earned so much money, so young.

Pulis agreed the life of a Premier League footballer was a "fantasy world" but he said that did not mean they had to be oblivious to what was happening around them.

For that reason the Potters boss expects his players - and fellow colleagues in the Premier League - will help out in his latest fundraising venture.

At the end of the season Pulis is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, along with television personality and well-known Stoke fan Nick Hancock, in aid of the local Donna Louise Children's Hospice.

"We live in a world of fantasy in lots of respects with the money players get," Pulis told Press Association Sport.

"That is life and you have to handle it and deal with it. I appreciate how lucky I have been.

"But it is always very nice to get the players to look at what is happening outside because we are cocooned in a world which is not reality in a lot of respects.

"I have the opportunity to help a local charity, that is the big thing for me.

"The players go there at least twice a year and Rory Delap has done a hell of a lot for that hospice."

Pulis, who last season raised £40,000 by running the London Marathon, added: "How can you turn down the opportunity of doing something for people who are not as privileged as we are?

"It is going to be tough but I'll work my socks off to make sure I complete it.

"I'll be pulling our lot (for sponsorship) but I'm hoping other clubs will be as generous as I hope they are going to be."