City manager to talk to centre-back in the close seasonTeenager Eric García has played in defence recentlyPep Guardiola has admitted John Stones could leave
Manchester City in the close season, with the manager planning to discuss the centre-back’s future with him then.
Stones, who joined in the summer of 2016, has endured a difficult campaign because of injury and loss of form and Guardiola said the 26-year-old’s confidence had been affected. Since football’s resumption Stones has yet to feature, though he was injured when City began again in mid-June.