I'm just not sure how Chelsea is supposed to react to this part:
“The other side is the disappointment in seeing a football club making it (the bid for Stones) so open, I don’t think that is the way we do it at Everton.
“We don’t speak about a player when he is registered at another club and there is no issue from our point of view – John Stones is an Everton player full stop. We are not a selling club in that respect."
It could just be a cultural difference, though. If that happened over here you'd have to start making immediate plans for a drive-by shooting to reclaim your pride.
Agree to disagree, then?