straight to your inboxJohn Stones has insisted he is motivated by Ruben Dias' arrival at Manchester City and relishes the competition for places.The Englishman was linked with a move away from the Etihad Stadium in the summer after falling out of favour with Pep Guardiola.
However, Stones has played a major part in four of City's last five games - including his first Premier League starts since the opening weekend of the season - and they've kept a clean sheet in each of those fixtures since losing to Tottenham Hotspur on November 21.
Having hauled himself back into first-team contention despite the big-money addition of Dias, Stones told Micah Richards that he sees the arrival of a new defender as motivation to improve. "I do see it as.
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