‘John Stones and Aymeric Laporte can become best partnership in Premier League history’, claims ex-Manchester City defender Richard Dunne

‘John Stones and Aymeric Laporte can become best partnership in Premier League history’, claims ex-Manchester City defender Richard Dunne
Former Manchester City defender Richard Dunne believes the club’s current centre-back pairing of John Stones and Aymeric Laporte can become the greatest in Premier League history.The champions have conceded just four goals in their opening 11 league games, with Stones and Laporte establishing themselves as first-choice ahead of Vincent Kompany and Nicolas Otamendi.2

Stones and Laporte have kept things tight at the back for Man City

Ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday, Dunne compared the two with famous Manchester United centre-backs of the past and claimed they can be more successful than the lot of them.Speakingexclusively to888sport, he said: They are very different to when you go back over the years to the centre-back pairings that United had. Vidic and Stam, Bruce and Pallister even.“They were tough tacklers whereas the two City have who are the only two centre-backs that Pep has bought are completely within his profile of ball-playing defenders.“They dont seem to be in positions to need last-ditch tackles. “Instead they read the game really well and obviously with the team they have ahead of them – and Fernandinho in particular – they are not under so much pressure.“This brings its own issue though because they need to concentrate all the time and remain switched on.The understanding that theyve got could make this a long-standing partnership and certainly the most successful in Premier League history.Dunne, however, was less complimentary about United’s options at centre-back.2

Dunne made 345 appearances for Man City

The Red Devils are leaking goals, conceding 18 in their opening 11 games, and it’s no secret Jose Mourinho is desperate for a world-class defender to tighten things up.Dunne added:Its not easy for United because when you look around the world there is not that many centre-backs playing at that top level who they can get from other clubs.“Since the days of Ferdinand and Vidic United have struggled to get a settled two and Im sure as soon as Mourinho has the opportunity he will change the two he has now for different ones.“At the moment he has Lindelof and Smalling but they dont inspire confidence throughout the team and as soon as that transfer window opens Im sure they will be out looking for centre-backs again.Read the full888sport interview with Richard Dunne, including his thoughts on how Manchester United must reinvent themselves from the boardroom down to compete with City.

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Former Manchester City defender Richard Dunne says John Stones can become a world-class centre-half. Stones, 24, has enjoyed a fine season at City, building on his outstanding performances for England at the World Cup in Russia in the summer. He's established himself as a regular in Pep Guardiola
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Ahead of today's tumultuous derby former Manchester City defender Richard Dunne has revealed his admiration for the Blues' centre-back pairing of Aymeric Laporte and John Stones, insisting the duo could become the 'most successful' partnership for decades. Speaking exclusively the 888sport
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'John Stones and Aymeric Laporte can become best partnership