{"id":204981,"date":"2026-07-21T20:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/07\/21\/chelsea-interested-in-former-man-city-defender-stones\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:24:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T20:24:49","slug":"chelsea-interested-in-former-man-city-defender-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/07\/21\/chelsea-interested-in-former-man-city-defender-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea interested in former Man City defender Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Chelsea<\/b><b > are interested in signing England defender John Stones on a free transfer following his departure from <\/b><b >Manchester City<\/b><b >.<\/b><\/p>\n<p >The west London side have joined Inter Milan in considering a move for the 32-year-old, who became a free agent when his City contract expired at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p >Chelsea are also in talks to sign Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix while assessing other options in the market, including Como&#8217;s Jacobo Ramon.<\/p>\n<p >They are also looking to sell central defenders to make space in their squad for potential new arrivals.<\/p>\n<p >Fellow England international Trevoh Chalobah is in talks to join Como, while Axel Disasi and Benoit Badiashile are among those available for sale.<\/p>\n<p >Stones made 295 appearances for City after joining from Everton for \u00a347.5m in 2016.<\/p>\n<p >He helped the club win six Premier League titles, the Champions League, two FA Cups, five League Cups, three Community Shields, the Club World Cup and the Uefa Super Cup.<\/p>\n<p >The former Barnsley defender also has 93 international caps and was part of the Three Lions side who finished third at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are interested in signing England defender John Stones on a free transfer following his departure from Manchester City. 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