Manchester City Defender Jone stones has announced this morning that he will be Leaving Ethihad Stadium to join this shocking Premier League Club this summer due to lack of playing time

What if you told a Manchester City fan a year ago that John Stones would be fully fit and ready for a string of must-win games to claim the Premier League title? Pep Guardiola would choose to leave him out.

Stones was in charge of the middle in the Champions League final 11 months ago. It seems impossible that he wouldn’t be the first name on the teamsheet as much as possible this season. But illness and health problems have messed up his season, and he has only been able to play 27 times this season.

He has only started one of the last seven games, and since the trip to Real Madrid, he hasn’t played all 90 minutes. He has only played 76 minutes out of a possible 660. Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake have taken his place and are now regulars, and Josko Gvardiol has been great at left back. In the last 20 games, Akanji has played 18 of them.

Ruben Dias came back into the lineup against Fulham, and when Ake got hurt, Kyle Walker came on, even though Pep Guardiola said the right back hadn’t trained much leading up to the game. However, Akanji was moved away from right back, where he was having trouble, because of the change.

So why did Stones suddenly become the fifth or sixth choice? There was no injury and he is fully fit, as Guardiola revealed at Craven Cottage.

Guardiola said, “He’s really great when it comes to fitness.” “Players take a step forward sometimes, other times.” Really great play from Manu now, and great play from Nathan too. That’s the reason. When you play games from that spot. Jack played a lot last season, but not as much this season. You have to constantly do well, well, well many times to be on this team.

Guardiola put Stones up against it to start the last three games of the season. He said that his relationship with the England center back was like that of a father and son.

“I know the team. “Gindogan was the first player I signed when I got here years ago,” he said. “I wouldn’t say we’re father and son, but we do know each other pretty well.” John needs to answer this question because we need him now and in the future.

Guardiola brought up Grealish, who wasn’t able to go to Fulham because of an illness. He is another player who looked unbeatable last season but has fallen out of the running for a spot for no real reason. Some players have just been better. Injured Ederson has had to work hard to get back into the team.

This could be the new normal for people who live in the City. No one is safe, and players know that if they do a good job, they’ll keep their shirt. Stones needs to act or he will have to watch the last three games of the season after taking the Blues to the treble a year ago.