Tottenham fans have taken to Twitter to react after it was revealed by TEAMtalk that the north Londoners are interested in signing Manchester City centre-back John Stones – Arsenal and the defender’s former club Everton are also believe to be keen.
The news comes amid TEAMtalk’s revelation that Pep Guardiola is planning a summer clear-out at the Etihad Stadium, with Stones, Benjamin Mendy and Nicolas Otamendi amongst those who the former Barcelona manager wants to ship out.
Stones has fallen out of favour with the back-to-back Premier League champions, making just ten Premier League starts this season as Guardiola prefers to use Fernandinho – a natural centre-midfielder – at centre-back instead of him.
The former Barnsley man – who is rated at £54m on Transfermarkt – did actually start for City in the Carabao Cup final against Aston Villa recently, but slipped over under no pressure to allow Mbwana Samatta to head home Anwar El Ghazi’s cross.
Let’s see how the Tottenham fans on Twitter reacted to the news…
To kick off the reaction, one supporter laughed at the prospect of Stones and Davinson Sanchez at the back together.
Jose Mourinho’s men have conceded the joint-ninth most amount of goals this season with 40 concessions to their name, so some defensive reinforcements certainly wouldn’t go amiss.
Elsewhere, two other Tottenham fans said that they’d rather sign another centre-back from a Manchester-based club – England international Chris Smalling, who is on loan at Roma from Manchester United.
Spurs have actually been linked with a move for the ex-Fulham defender, so if that move materialises instead of a swoop for Stones, at least these two supporters would be happy judging by their tweets.
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