John Stones Injuries

'John was gutted he had this minor incident, not a big injury. Given the history, we had to be careful; it made no sense to push him through and try stuff that could make it worse.' 'John will not be long-term, I think, but he was not available for today.' 'Today, maybe he will do partial training, we'll see.'

'He was injured, yes. To be honest, I don't know [how long he will be sidelined].' 'It was [his] thigh, I think. It wasn't something too big; he will be back soon.' '(Jeremy) Doku and John (Stones) still aren't there, but soon they'll be back.' '(Jeremy) Doku maybe. John and Oscar (Bobb) no...' 'We have a lot [of injuries]. John Stones is missing for I don't know how many months.' '[He is not] ready for the next games. Of course, he's an important player for us for a long time, and he was injured for a long time last season; this season looks the same. He's trying a lot and trying everything, but he's not fit.' 'Without John, without Ruben, without Josko, we're in a difficult situation [defensively] not for one game, but for a long, long period. Ruben will be back soon, John, hopefully - we'll see, but Josko, no.' 'John made yesterday the first training session with the team. Step-by-step coming back.' 'Yeah, unfortunately, it’s a long time. The last time he played was against Leeds, and he makes two or three training sessions. We’ll see tomorrow if he plays or how many minutes he plays.'

'Unfortunately, John [has] just left. He came with minor muscle issues and did not progress as we thought and hoped he would. So, he left the camp this morning because we will not take the risk with him.' '(John) Stones is not a big issue, but he is a doubt for Sunday.'

'He's injured, difficult one; next hours or days, we will know whether he needs surgery or not.' 'He can be recovered during eight to 10 weeks without surgery.' 'Getting better, but not yet.' 'Yeah [everyone is fit], except John (Stones).' 'I've been back in training a few weeks now, and that's been going great, trying to do extra running if I need to, if I need to try and get those levels up. Just those little, really small details have made such a big difference.' 'I'm so sorry for John not giving him minutes, but the game was so demanding. I didn't want [to risk it] after four or five months out.'

'I didn’t talk with the doctors, but if [John Stones] could not play the second half at Villa Park, it is because he wasn’t ready. We’ll see...' 'I spoke with him, [and] he said he feels better. But in the past, always he felt better and just can play 40-45 minutes. So, that’s why maybe we have to take a little longer to be sure that when he comes back, he cannot make a step back.'

'John (Stones) and Ruben (Dias) will be out for a little bit of a long time.' 'John has a fasciitis splinter in the feet, and today he was not ready. I don't know if he'll be back for the next two games.'

'All good. Looks worse with the strapping than what I have done.'

'Mainly precautionary, he obviously took a bit of a knock to the ankle very early in the game. At half-time, there was no point in taking any chances. We're too close to the start of the tournament, and there was no point risking it.' 'It was almost like my big toe in the line straight down my foot and you think 'I have fractured it'. You think the worst at the start, and we got some scans back, and [it was] really minor stuff and came through it, which is great.'

'Not fully fit.' 'He has some problems, some niggles. He's fine! He's not injured, but he felt uncomfortable.'

'He has to feel fully fit. But the injury was less than we expected. We’ll see. For today or maybe for the next games he’ll be ready.'

'It doesn't look good, but we will see. It's his ankle.' 'He's not training with us. He's getting better but not training with us. I don't know [when he's back].'

'Unfortunately, John, he felt again. I feel so sorry for him. Again, it is a big loss for us. Yeah, [I think he will be out for a long time].' 'The doctor said to me it's not as bad [as initially thought], but still, I don't know, I don't want to [speculate]. When he's going to be fit again, he's going to come back.'

'[Stones is a] muscular issue. Last training, he did not feel comfortable. I don't know how long he will be out.' 'John will be after the international break when he will be ready.' 'John is more or less there as well.' 'John is better, much better. He feels really good. He is training alone, but maybe next week or after RB Leipzig, he will start.' 'Really happy that they're back. John couldn't play one minute this season, and Bernardo had a pre-season with the birth of his beautiful daughter and also was injured a little bit, with disruptions, which made it a little bit longer.'

'[Felt a] little bit something in the adductor.' 'John felt with one pass something in the adductor. The doctor told me today he feels really good, so it will not be long. He will not be ready for Sevilla, but maybe Newcastle.'

'Today, he was not ready. I saw it in the first minutes. Maybe he was tired. Today was not ready, and when that happens, you get injured.' 'Three weeks, one month [out]. Unfortunately, a lot of games. Managers complain about a lot of games. Comes from World Cup. A few weeks, he will be back.' 'John maybe will do partial training. This is the info I had from the doctors this morning; I will know within the next hours.'

'Stones is not ready. I think everyone else is fit.'

'John is feeling something with his hamstring.' 'It will not be four, five or six weeks; it will be less. I don't know when he will come back, but I think maybe ten days to two weeks.' 'John, I think will be back; I don't know when but maybe one week, maybe ten days.' 'John has been training has been training the last two days with us.'

'John is not much, Kyle not much too, but I don't know if he's ready for Saturday or Dortmund or Wolves after the international break.'

"We have incredible doctors and physios. [John and Kyle Walker] trained today. We will see tomorrow. It is good for us to have them back."

"[Had] a niggle. Little problems. Today we make an assessment, tomorrow we decide."

"He felt something in the warm-up. We don't think it's too serious. It's possible he could be okay for Tuesday, but we didn't have time to assess it properly before the game, so we didn't want to take any chance."

"Injured. Muscular. John didn't play with us and then played 90 mins with the national team and came back injured."

"When he recovers, he will try to return to training and have a chance like the other guys. But he is injured."

"John Stones had a problem in his leg in the last action of the game [on Saturday]. I have to speak with the doctors after this press conference."

"John is injured for a few weeks."

"Hopefully, after international break John Stones will be back, too."

"Stones is good. He trained good. Yeah [he’s in my thoughts for Saturday]."

"He was not good for Schalke and after a test today he did not feel good. He did not train the last two days. After two weeks he will be ready to train."

"Jesus is back. John is coming back too, like Gabriel."

"Today he is training. We will see how they feel because when you have just 60 hours of recovery [it is difficult]."

"He has a problem in the abductors. It's getting better, so hopefully he can play the last games."

"He feels really good but the rules say he must take seven days off so he is not available."

"He made his first complete training session [on Thursday]. He's not ready for 90 mins yet but the next game he will be fit."