Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox John Stones will join up with the England squad with Pep Guardiola’s blessing despite missing the opening three games of the season.
The Manchester City defender was first choice last season, alongside Ruben Dias, but in the last two games - both 5-0 wins - Dias has been paired with Aymeric Laporte.
Kevin De Bruyne and Stones’ England teammate Phil Foden have also missed the beginning of the season, and have been withheld from joining up with their national squads as the Blues try to get them fit for the tricky trip to Leicester in a fortnight.
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