Chelsea urged to make stunning transfer bid for £47.5m Man City star

Chelsea will dip back into the transfer market this summer (Picture: Getty)

Chelsea have been urged to consider signing Manchester City ’s John Stones on a free transfer this summer to add some much-needed experience to their defence.

Stones has been a stalwart for City throughout Pep Guardiola ’s tenure since joining from Everton for £47.5million in 2016.

But the Englishman has found minutes hard to come by this season, and is yet to start a Premier League match since the turn of the year as he continues to struggle with injuries.

With his contract up at the end of the season, Stones looks likely to depart City after ten seasons at the club.

And former Chelsea centre-back William Gallas believes the Blues should be one of the clubs lining up to sign the 31-year-old to bolster their defensive options.

‘What does John Stones bring to Chelsea? Leadership experience and composure,’ Gallas told BOYLE Sports .

‘He is calm. He can bring you everything. He looks like he can be the right guy to be the leader of the defence line at centre-back.

John Stones could leave Manchester City on a free this summer (Picture: Getty)

‘I think Stones can be a good idea.’

Gallas, though, urged his former club not to consider a move for Tottenham captain Cristian Romero, suggesting the Argentine defender too often puts his team ‘in trouble’.

‘Christian Romero is a winner but he could not be the new Thiago Silva at Chelsea,’ Gallas added.

‘As a player and a captain, Christian Romero has a different style. What you need is one experienced player who can control every team and when you play alongside Romero I think a player might feel less secure, especially when you are young.

William Gallas believes Chelsea would benefit from signing Stones (Picture: Getty)

‘You need players who won’t take a red card for a stupid foul. For me, Romero has to improve in this part because he puts his teams in trouble.

‘Maybe Chelsea need to look for centre-backs who can bring you all these things to be calm and have that security to be a good captain at the back.’

Asked about Chelsea’s summer transfer plans this week, Rosenior told reporters: ‘Bringing players with emotional stability. Bringing good characters in who, in difficult moments, can understand what it takes to win in those difficult moments.

‘We’ve had great conversations. I’ve had conversations with the ownership, with directors about what we do in the summer.

‘And we’ve also had conversations with certain players in the group as well who are really, really happy with the direction that we’re going to go in.

‘And before that, we need to make sure that we challenge for the Champions League, get into the Champions League, and hopefully win the FA Cup.’