Pep Guardiola has criticised Port Vale striker Tom Pope’s mocking tweet about John Stones. And that will bring a tasty showdown between Stones and the Vale skipper, who was scathing about the England defender during the European Nations Cup semi-final defeat by Holland last summer. And Pope, who is Vale’s captain, took to Twitter to express his view of the City man. I know I’m a league 2 player, I know he plays for England, I know he’s on £150k a week, I know he’s a million times better player than me but I’d love to play against John Stones every week! He also tangled with City fans who had a pop at him on Twitter, saying: “I feel absolutely honoured to be getting abuse from Man City fans, it’s made me emosh!

Source: Express January 03, 2020 22:26 UTC