Caballero backs City’s maturing Stones

Willy Caballero believes unique English centre-back John Stones is maturing well under Pep Guardiola and now has very few weaknesses in his game.

Stones has settled well under Guardiola after an initially tentative few performances and City’s Argentine keeper Caballero believes his ball-playing qualities make him one of a kind among English defenders.

He also insisted that life between the sticks is much easier when you play behind Stones, Vincent Kompany, Aleksandar Kolarov and Nicolas Otamendi.

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“He’s different to the normal centre-back in England,” he said. “They are always big and very good with high balls. John plays really well from the right side, the left side, and his passing always tries to build something.

“He does everything very well. We are really happy with him. I’m pretty sure England have a great centre-back for a long time.

“To play with John, with Nico, with Vincent, with Kola – for me, as a keeper, is wonderful, because they have confidence and they have quality.

“John is so young but he plays as though he has been around for more years. He is growing up now with Pep and hopefully England can have a great centre-back in him.”