straight to your inboxJamie Carragher named John Stones as his 'player to watch' in 2021 after the defender's recent renaissance with Manchester City.The England defender looked destined to leave the club in the summer after falling out of favour with Pep Guardiola and barely featuring at the end of the 2019/20 campaign.
Stones was behind Fernandinho, Aymeric Laporte and Eric Garcia in the pecking order at centre-back at the end of last season but he has now started six of Manchester City's last eight matches, all within the space of a month.
In that time, City have conceded only once, recording seven clean sheets in all competitions, with Stones now ahead of Laporte to partner summer signing Ruben Dias at the back.
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