Pep: Stones out for a long period; surgery likely

Pep: Stones out for a long period; surgery likely

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has said defender John Stones faces a long spell on the sidelines and may have to undergo surgery in the next few days.

Stones hobbled off the pitch in the first half of City’s Champions League playoff loss to Real Madrid on Wednesday.

“He’s injured, a difficult one. Next hours, days we’ll know if he needs surgery or not … Yeah [a long period out], like Manu Akanji,” he told a news conference on Friday.