3 years on his contract means Everton hold the position of power. Stones was poor for large portions of last season and I do wonder how serious the interest is from teams who are reportedly interested in him. The fee that will be required to be paid is a large one for a young player who is still developing and may not actually turn into the player we all believe he can.
City have signed another centre half and whilst injury prone, Kompany has been too important to them to just be cast aside. If he is fit, he will be number 1 choice still meaning stones would go their potentially as 3rd choice or if Pep gets something out of mangala, even 4th choice. I don't city moving for him this year.
United rate smalling and have spent £30m on bouilly. Again, I cant see them coming in.
As someone said above, barca want the finished product, same for any of the other top European sides.
It's a bit like lukaku, with a long term contract still in place, the fee we will want is probably prohibitive for players who are not the finished article. I suspect that Stones' agent is putting this out there for everton to make a large contract offer.
By the start of the season, if he stays, Stones could be on 100k plus per week and guaranteed starter under the management of one of the finest ball playing defenders in Europe of his generation. To me, career development wise, that's better than sitting on city's bench.
