{"id":378673,"date":"2026-01-19T16:49:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378673\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T16:49:31","slug":"spectacular-john-stones-exit-route-opens-up-as-huge-queue-already-forming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/378673\/","title":{"rendered":"Spectacular John Stones exit route opens up as huge queue already forming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Stones\u2019 camp are already working hard on potential moves for this summer, and TEAMtalk understands a host of clubs from around the world are showing an interest in the England international.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> defender\u2019s contract is due to expire this summer, and although there is a possibility he could stay \u2013 he is considering his options.<\/p>\n<p>And TEAMtalk can reveal that the 31-year-old is open to a possible move abroad, with a\u00a0number of foreign sides keen.<\/p>\n<p>AC Milan, Napoli and Como have been spoken to, whilst Spanish giants Atletico Madrid have been in contact.<\/p>\n<p>However, our sources can reveal that Vincent Kompany is also open to the idea that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/john-stones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stones<\/a> could provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tag\/bayern-munich\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bayern Munich<\/a> with some high-profile competition at the Allianz, in what would be an incredible opportunity for Stones to link with his old City teammate and also England skipper Harry Kane in Bavaria.<\/p>\n<p>There is also the option of Saudi Arabia and North America. We can confirm that Pro League and MLS officials have made their interest known.<\/p>\n<p>We can also reveal there are a number of Premier League clubs who would be open to a possible deal for Stones, including his former club Everton.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, sources close to Stones have told us that more than half-a-dozen English clubs have had some communication with his camp.<\/p>\n<p>Stones himself is concentrating on a successful end to the season with City as he firmly hopes to be included in Thomas Tuchel\u2019s England World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Latest Man City news: Spurs still hunting Etihad signing; massive Foden future update\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham have tried and failed to sign two Manchester City forwards and were beaten to the punch for Antoine Semenyo, though they could finally have better luck with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/spurs-trying-sign-fourth-different-man-city-attacker-deal-mercifully-greenlit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fourth option whose exit has been approved<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Man City and Chelsea\u00a0are set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/man-city-chelsea-both-beaten-psg-agree-dazzling-barcelona-deal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">miss out on the signing of a Barcelona gem<\/a> after PSG \u2018reached an agreement in principle on an immediate transfer.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Finally,\u00a0City are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-city\/phil-foden-new-deal-special-man-city-star-closes-hugo-viana-breakthrough-exclusive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">verge of securing Phil Foden\u2019s long-term future<\/a>, as TEAMtalk can reveal that contract negotiations have been progressing well in recent weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Stones\u2019 camp are already working hard on potential moves for this summer, and TEAMtalk understands a host&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[42326,2609,218,448,103334,62236,399,221,101,110,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-378673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-all-the-news","tag-exclusives","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-german-bundesliga","tag-john-stones","tag-manchester-city","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}