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Could John Stones return to Everton?

Having lost the Premier League title to Liverpool, Pep Guardiola is thought to be considering the areas of his defense that let him down, with former Everton centre-half a likely target for being sold.

Stones joined Manchester City 4 years ago in a massive deal that could have topped £50M after spending 3½ years at Everton. He was the last player acquisition under David Moyes and had a mixed spell with the Blues that had some fans thinking they were watching 'the new Bobby Moore' a future England captain.

But his many Everton critics would claim Stones wasn't actually a very good defender, with little positional awareness, who was constantly out-jumped on corners and crosses which led directly to goals conceded on numerous occasions.

Those foibles were never very far below the surface in his life as a Citizen and it appears that Guardiola may well have had enough. But it seems unlikely that Carlo Ancelotti would see any positive reasons for bringing him back to Goodison Park.

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