The arrival of John Stones represents the investment in a player with great experience that Inter was looking for to complete the defensive department. According to Corriere dello Sport, the English defender will undergo his medical exams tomorrow and sign a two-year contract, bringing with him the baggage of twenty titles won in ten years at Manchester City.
The newspaper writes: “Cristian Chivu will soon be able to place a rock to protect his fortress. Stones is ready to land in Milan, interrupting only for a moment his well-deserved vacation at the end of a long and exhausting season. The English defender, also coming off the efforts of the World Cup, will undergo medical exams with the Nerazzurri club tomorrow, while the team will meanwhile land in Hong Kong to begin the tour between China and Australia after the training camp in Germany. For him, a two-year contract.”
The newspaper highlights how the Englishman has absorbed the teachings of Pep Guardiola, becoming a reference point in the Citizens’ defense. At Inter, he will bring wisdom and character, for now completing a department that will only see further additions in case of departures.
The operation confirms the club’s policy: general rules on the market that allow exceptions when opportunities arise that can raise the level of the squad. Costs remain contained between salary and commissions, while the player’s experience responds to the club’s belief that young players should be balanced with more seasoned elements.
Chivu will have the task of managing a defender who arrives to provide quality, aware that he has players like Bisseck ahead of him, who is still expected to have plenty of playing time. Stones’ consistency will also depend on his physical responses: at the World Cup he showed significant endurance, which the club hopes to see consistently. In the last two seasons he has been sidelined for 252 days, a figure that will require careful management by the Nerazzurri coach.
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