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title: "Man City: Fabrizio Romano reacts to John Stones injury"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/man-city-john-stones-england-akanji-romano-latest-injury-news-rumours-updates/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Chloe Chadwick"
section: "Manchester City News"
published: "2022-09-28T16:40:28Z"
modified: "2022-09-28T16:40:28Z"
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# Man City: Fabrizio Romano reacts to John Stones injury

**[Manchester City](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-city-news/) have received ‘bad news’ after learning of the injury to John Stones, according to transfer insider [Fabrizio Romano](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano).**

### The Lowdown: Stones suffers hamstring injury

The centre-back was named in England’s starting line-up to take on Germany in the Nations League on Monday night, but was forced off the pitch after [37](https://www.flashscore.co.uk/match/OvRAaBU3/#/match-summary/match-summary) minutes due to sustaining a [hamstring](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63041796) problem – as later [confirmed](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stones-injury-england-man-city-25113862) by Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate.

The 28-year-old was replaced by his Sky Blues teammate Kyle Walker for the remainder of the game, and is now likely to face a spell on the sidelines in the [Premier League](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/premier-league-news/) as a result.

### The Latest: Romano’s reaction

Taking to [Twitter](https://twitter.com/fabrizioromano/status/1574482027713380384?s=46&t=84DO97ZMU3i1L6fesgMQwQ), Romano reacted to Stones’ gutting injury, but praised the City hierarchy for signing Akanji in the summer to cover for defensive situations like this. He wrote:

“Bad news for Manchester City as it seems John Stones has sustained a hamstring injury.

“But again, very good strategy in the summer when City board decided to sign Akanji on permanent deal in the final days as ‘jolly/opportunity’ and with no plans to sell any CB.”

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### The Verdict: Blow for Guardiola

Not having Stones available for selection for the Manchester derby on Sunday could come as a huge blow to Pep Guardiola, who will know just how much of an impact he has on his starting XI.

The Barnsley-born talent has provided two assists in just five top-flight starts this season, and currently averages a remarkable 96.8% pass success rate ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/101374/Show/John-Stones)).

This ability to affect a game at both ends of the pitch is rare, so the City boss will no doubt be hoping to have Stones back at his disposal sooner rather than later.

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