Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City will have to sign a top striker to replace Sergio Aguero

Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester do not possess a ‘weapon’ like Romelu Lukaku – and believes his bosses know they must sign a striker next summer. City failed to replace Sergio Aguero ahead of this season as Tottenham stood firm in keeping hold of Harry Kane, and Guardiola is likely to continue deploying false nines. On … Read more

Euro 2020: CHRIS SUTTON’S TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT: Arise England and Italy’s superstars

Kylian Mbappe? Kevin De Bruyne? Cristiano Ronaldo? Well, none of them, actually. This wasn’t a tournament where the biggest names shone — in fact the two best collectives, Italy and England, went all the way.  But they were still led by a number of outstanding individual performances, from Raheem Sterling terrifying opposition defences to Leonardo … Read more

John Stones tips Raheem Sterling to WIN player of the tournament at Euro 2020

John Stones tips England and Man City team-mate Raheem Sterling to WIN player of the tournament at Euro 2020, as defender hails ‘what he’s done for us and the unselfish part of his game’ Raheem Sterling has scored three goals and notched one assist at Euro 2020  John Stones hailed the threat that Sterling’s direct … Read more

Euro 2020: John Stones reveals he ‘daren’t think’ about England winning the Euros against Italy

John Stones reveals he ‘daren’t think’ about England winning Euro 2020… and admits getting to the final against Italy was ‘something we could only have dreamt of’ at the start of the tournament By Faaez Samadi For Mailonline Published: 16:05 BST, 9 July 2021 | Updated: 16:05 BST, 9 July 2021 England centre-back John Stones … Read more

EURO 2020: Jordan Pickford WILL keep kicking long against Scotland

Jordan Pickford WILL keep kicking long against Scotland despite having a frank exchange of views with team-mate John Stones during Croatia win England keeper Jordan Pickford has vowed to improve the quality of his kicking Team-mate John Stones questioned why he wouldn’t play short against Croatia Pickford accepted some of his distribution was not as … Read more

Harry Maguire, Jordan Henderson and Jack Grealish return to England training

Harry Maguire, Jordan Henderson and Jack Grealish return to England trio hope to prove their form and fitness to Gareth Southgate after missing opening Euro 2020 win over Croatia All the players who didn’t start were in training – apart from Dean Henderson  The goalkeeper has a niggle and missed a session for the second … Read more

MICAH RICHARDS: Manchester City have been outstanding in winning the Premier League this year

MICAH RICHARDS: Over the Blue moon! From Pep Guardiola to Phil Foden and Ruben Dias to John Stones, Man City have been outstanding in winning the Premier League this year I predicted back in September that Manchester City would become champions While Liverpool dominated last season, I believe City would come back hungrier Ruben Dias … Read more

PSG: Kylian Mbappe given THREE out of 10 in L’Equipe’s Champions League ratings 

Kylian Mbappe given THREE out of 10 in L’Equipe’s savage Champions League ratings… as they claim PSG striker ‘did not exist’ in first leg defeat to Man City (in which he had LESS touches than City goalkeeper Ederson!) By Nathan Salt For Mailonline Published: 08:50 BST, 29 April 2021 | Updated: 08:53 BST, 29 April … Read more

John Stones ‘in advanced talks with Manchester City over huge £39m contract extension’

John Stones ‘in advanced talks with Manchester City over huge £39m contract extension’ with the defender set to sign a five-year £150,000-a-week deal after re-establishing himself in Pep Guardiola’s squad John Stones is in talks over a five-year contract extension with Man City  The centre back’s new deal is said to be worth £150,000-per-week The … Read more

John Stones ‘in advanced talks with Manchester City over huge £39m contract extension’

John Stones ‘in advanced talks with Manchester City over huge £39m contract extension’ with the defender set to sign a five-year £150,000-a-week deal after re-establishing himself in Pep Guardiola’s squad John Stones is in talks over a five-year contract extension with Man City  The centre back’s new deal is said to be worth £150,000-per-week The … Read more

Jamie Redknapp insists that John Stones deserved his red card against Aston Villa

Jamie Redknapp insists that John Stones deserved his red card against Aston Villa following ‘nasty’ tackle on youngster Jacob Ramsey amid nightmare outing for Man City star in front of England boss Gareth Southgate Jamie Redknapp believes that John Stones was deserving of his red card  The Man City defender was dismissed for a ‘nasty’ … Read more

‘It was a little blip’: Harry Maguire backs John Stones over error in England’s 2-1 win over Poland

‘It was a little blip’: Harry Maguire stands behind centre-back partner John Stones over bungling error that gifted Poland an equaliser in England’s 2-1 World Cup qualifier win Harry Maguire has defended John Stones over his big mistake against Poland  Maguire said Stones’ error that allowed Poland’s equaliser was just ‘a little blip’ The Manchester … Read more