Arsenal are reportedly willing to fork out the £50m asking price that Manchester City have slapped on centre back John Stones Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is desperate to strengthen his backline and, after working with Stones during his two-and-a-half year stint as Pep Guardiola’s number two at City, views the England international as an ideal signing.
They were repeatedly linked with Stones in January but a rumoured loan deal never materialised, with Pablo Mari joining from Flamengo instead.
Despite refuting those January links, Arteta was full of praise for the 25-year-old and admitted that “he’s got many attributes I like”. “John is a player I really liked and we followed him before we signed him when I was at City and I worked with him for
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