Fresh injury blow for England as John Stones returns to Manchester City

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Jonathan Gorrie28 March 2022

John Stones has pulled out of the England camp and will return to Manchester City.

The defender suffered an injury in the warm-up ahead of the win over Switzerland and was duly replaced by Arsenal’s Ben White.

Manager Gareth Southgate has had to contend with a number of dropouts throughout the camp, losing key defenders such as Trent Alexander-Arnold and Reece James already.

Alongside White, Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi made his debut in central defence, sitting alongside Conor Coady in a back three.

“John Stones has left the England camp and returned to Manchester City,” read an FA statement on Monday.

“Having withdrawn from the starting line-up ahead of Saturday’s 2-1 victory against Switzerland at Wembley, the defender has continued to be assessed.

“After today’s session at Tottenham Hotspur’s training ground, it was decided that Stones would play no part against Côte d’Ivoire on Tuesday and has returned to his club as a precaution.”

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