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John Stones admits there were times he doubted if his career would resume amid a series of injury problems over the past two years.
The Manchester City and England centre-back made only six Premier League starts in the 2024-25 season after thigh, foot and other undisclosed issues.
That came after he also missed two months at the start of the previous campaign with a hip injury.
These setbacks have prevented the 31-year-old building on what was an outstanding season in 2022-23 when, playing a hybrid defence-midfield role, he helped City win the treble.
Stones has now battled his way back to fitness and is hoping to play a big part in City's challenge at the Club World Cup in the United States.
He has not featured since February when he was forced off after just eight minutes against Real Madrid. He was an unused substitute in their opening game of the tournament against Wydad Casablanca on Wednesday.