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John Stones is ready to return to work with Manchester City after a successful World Cup with England.
Pep Guardiola has already done a week of pre-season training at Etihad Campus but a host of stars from the first team have been absent. With 16 players involved in their country this summer at the Russian tournament, the city coach has beefed up his team with promising youngsters.
Having raised the issue of the players' workload several times during his stay in Manchester, Guardiola said his players will have three weeks off after their World Cup homework while he's looking to get himself rest for another challenge. The seven players who participated in the last week of the competition, including the English contingent, would mean a return to training the second week of August after the Community Shield against Chelsea and less than one. week before the start of the Premier League.
However, if Stones succeeds in doing so, he will come back sooner.
The former man of Everton impressed the heart of Gareth Southgate's three-man defense as the Three Lions went to the end. semi-finals before losing in overtime against Croatia.
And despite the fatigue of this last game, Stones wants to come back earlier than expected to take advantage of the form in which he has evolved.
"I'm going back for the first game against Chelsea in the Community Shield," he said.
"I just want to keep going, I'm going to take a break, I'm just going to make sure I'm fighting for the new season."
"I really liked to play, I'm # I enjoyed my football, I enjoyed the challenges of playing in the biggest games. I felt as if I had been voiced, I tried to bring everything back to the table.
"I can honestly say that I gave everything, I left nothing on the ground, now it is better to continue to improve, I think I improved in as a footballer in recent weeks on the biggest stage in the world. "
While Stones has enjoyed himself in Russia, the defender will know that he will always face a battle to be the first choice at Etihad.
Aymeric Laporte signed the summer with the first team that did not participate in the World Cup, while Nicolas Otamendi should come back sooner since Argentina was eliminated in eighth finals. Vincent Kompany also set aside the last doubts about his fitness as part of the Belgium team that beat England in third place.
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