Everton have been linked with John Stones, and Fabrizio Romano gave an intriguing update on the defender yesterday after his exit from Manchester City was confirmed.
John Stones is bringing his 10-year spell at City to an end this summer, and will leave the club on a free transfer.
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John Stones lifts the Premier League trophy for Manchester City.
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The England international is ready for a new chapter having played a big part in City’s success in recent years – and a return to Everton has been floated several times this year.
Stones, of course, left Everton in 2016 to join City in a £50 million deal.
There is now a chance he could come back, and Romano gave an interesting update on the centre-back via his YouTube channel yesterday.
John Stones already has a Premier League offer, amid Everton interest
John Stones ahead of playing for Manchester City.
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Stones may not have a good injury record, but he is still likely to have a number of suitors this summer.
Ultimately, when he has played, he has still shown his quality and remains one of the best ball-playing central defenders around.
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Yesterday, Romano gave an update on Stones’ situation, reporting that the player has been offered to Italian clubs.
But he also said on his YouTube channel: “John Stones was offered a free transfer in Italy today, confirming what I told you a couple of weeks ago.
“He will leave City on a free and has been offered to Italian clubs.
“At the moment there are some doubts about his physical condition, he’s had a few injuries, we’ll see if anyone will try.
“However, John Stones has already has an offer from the Premier League.”
Romano stopped short of disclosing the identity of the team who’ve presented an offer to Stones.
Of course at the moment, Everton are heavily linked with the player and may well wish to bring him.
Manchester City centre-back John Stones.
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It may be a while though until Stones makes a decision on his future. Seemingly Italian clubs are hot for his potential signing, with AC Milan having been mentioned a few times.
Kyle Walker had a loan spell there and one wonders if he might talk up the Rossoneri to his former teammate.
Whatever Stones decides, hopefully he’ll just be able to stay relatively injury-free. If Everton were that club and that did happen, then that’d be a huge boost for the Toffees.
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