{"id":379827,"date":"2026-01-20T07:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/379827\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:07:08","slug":"bayern-munich-open-to-the-idea-of-signing-experienced-man-city-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/379827\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich ‘open to the idea’ of signing experienced Man City defender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bayern Munich<\/a> are reportedly open to the idea of signing Manchester City<\/a> defender John Stones<\/a> next summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stones joined Man City in the summer of 2016 from Everton and has made 290 appearances at the club, scoring 19 goals and registering nine assists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The England defender has proved his quality over the years, having won six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the Champions League with Man City.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old defender has been plagued by injuries across his career, never starting more than 23 Premier League matches in any single season for Manchester City since 2016-17.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2025-26, Stones has managed only 13 appearances, and he is currently out injured along with Josko Gvardiol<\/a> and Ruben Dias<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several clubs eye move for John Stones\u00a0<\/p>\n

The defender has a contract at the club until the end of the season, but there is also a possibility he could stay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to a report from TEAMTalk<\/a>, the former Toffees defender is open to a possible move abroad, with Bayern Munich among clubs keen to sign him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vincent Kompany is apparently open to the idea of landing him next summer for free, where the defender will be reunited with his England teammate, Harry Kane.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Three Serie A clubs –\u00a0AC Milan<\/a>, Napoli<\/a> and Como – are also interested in signing him, while there is also the reported option of Saudi Arabia and North America.<\/p>\n

The City defender has also been linked with a move to Barcelona<\/a>, but doubts remain whether the Catalan giants would be willing to spend money on him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

John Stones future: Summer transfer cannot be ruled out\u00a0
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\u00a9 Imago \/ IMAGO \/ Sportimage<\/p>\n

Stones previously admitted that he considered retiring after a tough 2024-25 season<\/a> because of injury, but a move to Europe could revitalise his career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bayern are still working on securing a long-term contract for Dayot Upamecano, but they are not interested in signing players in January.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Everton are also interested in bringing Stones back to the club, but they could face strong competition from other heavyweight European clubs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich are reportedly open to the idea of signing Manchester City defender John Stones next summer.\u00a0 Stones…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4985,5906,218,372,5904,3553,5905,221,5903,217,101,3022,5907,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-379827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379827","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=379827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}