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I Have Faith in Manchester City’s Stones – Guardiola

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: December 26, 2016
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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he has not lost faith in England centre-back John Stones and has no plans to replace him with Southampton’s Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk.

 

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he has not lost faith in England centre-back John Stones and has no plans to replace him with Southampton’s Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk.City and Premier League leaders Chelsea have been linked with Van Dijk despite Southampton’s insistence the highly regarded centre-back is not for sale.

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City and Premier League leaders Chelsea have been linked with Van Dijk despite Southampton’s insistence the highly regarded centre-back is not for sale.

 

Stones, 22, has struggled since his £47.5 million ($59.3 million, 56.8 million euros) switch from Everton and has spent City’s last two games on the bench, but Guardiola said he was merely being rested.

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“It’s the first time in his career he played every three days,” Guardiola said. “It had never happened before with the Champions League and the League Cup and every three days you have to be focused.

“He played a lot. If I didn’t have confidence in him, he would not have played the games that he played.

“Of course he must improve, like (Nicolas) Otamendi must improve, like (Aleksandar) Kolarov must improve and like Vincent (Kompany) is coming back (from injury).

“I decided to play with a back four against Watford (a 2-0 win) for some reason and I tried the same back four for the Arsenal game (a 2-1 win).

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“I know that people think if a player doesn’t play it is because the coach doesn’t trust him anymore. That is not the truth.

“Our job is uncomfortable. It is unfair in most of the cases of many, many players because they deserve to play, but I cannot find a solution for these kind of things.

“All of them have to prepare because it is so long and now we start a tough moment and immediately arrive in the (FA) Cup and the Champions League and everybody has to be prepared.”

Guardiola also believes that, despite his tender years, Stones has the strength of character and personality to cope.

 

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