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title: "Harry Redknapp Says Stones Must Avoid Chelsea"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Thomas Bore"
section: "Chelsea News"
published: "2015-07-18T15:19:22Z"
modified: "2015-07-18T15:19:54Z"
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# Harry Redknapp Says Stones Must Avoid Chelsea

**Harry Redknapp has urged John Stones to remain at Everton, amid strong interest from Premier League champions Chelsea.***\*

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is keen on bolstering his defensive options this summer and, having assessed the options, has decided to pursue England international John Stones. The Blues had a £20 million bid rejected for the 21-year-old just last week, but they are expected to follow up with an increased offer.*\*

However, former QPR boss Harry Redknapp has taken to Kicca to voice his concerns about Stones joining Chelsea. *“If I was advising John Stones I’d tell him to stay at Everton rather than move to Chelsea,”* he said.

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*“He’s a good young player and has a bright future, but look at the Chelsea defence – John Terry is going to play another season, Gary Cahill will mostly likely play alongside him and Branislav Ivanovic is a monster at right-back and you’re not going to get him out of the side.\*

*“Stones needs to be playing regularly and at Everton he’ll get that. England also need him to be playing as often as possible and Everton are a good, big club with a good manager. They may have had a disappointing campaign last season but they’ll do better this year.”**\*

Redknapp conceded he had considered an approach for Stones during his time at Tottenham, but elected not to follow up his initial interest due to Kyle Walker’s emergence.*\*

*“We had a look at him when I was at Spurs but we didn’t go for him as we had Kyle Walker, but if I could offer any advice to him I’d tell him to stay put and keep on learning.”*