No Manchester City player is more emblematic of Pep Guardiola’s time in charge than John Stones.
Back in 2016, he was the ball-playing defender who arrived as a big-money signing - a symbol of both Guardiola’s radical playing style and, as the on-field errors piled up, his first season as a coach that ended without a major trophy.
City and Stones then rebounded spectacularly, romping to the 2017/18 Premier League title with a record-breaking 100-point haul. The centre-back was then a key member of the England side that reached the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup.
