{"id":634567,"date":"2026-04-28T17:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634567\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T17:27:12","slug":"john-stones-man-city-defender-to-follow-bernardo-silva-out-the-exit-door-this-summer-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634567\/","title":{"rendered":"John Stones: Man City defender to follow Bernardo Silva out the exit door this summer | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Stones has announced he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

Stones will follow another club legend, Bernardo Silva<\/a>, through the exit door this summer as a free agent upon the expiry of his contract as City prepare for another big summer of change.<\/p>\n

The England defender’s final season at City has been hit by injuries which have restricted him to just four Premier League starts \u2013 but he leaves with a legacy of being one of Pep Guardiola’s most important signings.<\/p>\n

Stones was the second arrival under Guardiola, joining City from Everton for \u00a347.5m in the summer of 2016, and has enjoyed a trophy-laden decade at the Etihad.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old has lifted 19 major trophies at City, including six Premier League titles, one Champions League, two FA Cups, five Carabao Cups and was part of the treble-winning side in 2022\/23.<\/p>\n

Stones and Silva will become the latest City legends to depart after Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker and Ederson left last summer.<\/p>\n

Stones: ‘I lived all my dreams’ at City<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Stones lifts the Champions League trophy after beating Inter<\/p>\n

When announcing his departure on Instagram, Stones said: “It has been my home for the past 10 years and it will be my home for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n

“It has been a rollercoaster in many ways. I came as a kid and now leaving as a man \u2013 becoming a father, a husband and, on the pitch, a very fulfilled player.<\/p>\n

“I lived all my dreams out and lifted all the things that I came here to achieve.<\/p>\n

“At the start of my career here I never would have thought I would be in this position. Firstly, to achieve everything but to have the love, the bond with everyone. Every dream has been smashed out of the park.”<\/p>\n

Guardiola praises ‘adorable’ Stones’ influence <\/p>\n

\"Manchester<\/p>\n

Image:
\n John Stones with match-winner Nico Gonzalez at Wembley on Saturday<\/p>\n

Stones made his first start for more than a month at Wembley against Southampton in the FA Cup semi-final because of injury issues keeping him from playing.<\/p>\n

Guardiola made the defender captain for the 2-1 comeback win and was full of praise for his influence at City over the last decade when speaking about him pre-match.<\/p>\n

Explaining his decision to bring Stones back into the XI, Guardiola told TNT Sports: “Finally, he has had three weeks or a month without injuries. Unfortunately, he had a lot in these last two seasons.<\/p>\n

“He was our first signing when I arrived here. Difficult to understand the big success that we had without him, on and off the pitch. He is just adorable and a top player.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Stones has announced he will leave Manchester City at the end of the season. Stones will follow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-634567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}