MANCHESTER CITY star John Stones has been labelled a f***ing s***bag" by former EFL striker Tom Pope. The pair clashed after Pope, now 39, had tweeted about Stones being "soft". 3 Tom Pope played against John Stones in the FA Cup Credit: Rex 3 Pope, 39, has relived his encounter with Stones Credit: X @IHadTrialsOnce He wrote: "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! I’d get 40 a season!” Pope then used the hashtags “soft” and “weakas****”.
As fate would have it, Man City subsequently drew Port Vale in the FA Cup in January 2020, giving Pope his chance to go up against Stones. Pep Guardiola's side went on to win 4-1, but Pope did get himself on the scoresheet at the Etihad. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL LIM-P DISPLAY Euro giants now bottom of league with 'world's greatest stadium' abandoned After the game the Stoke-born forward claims he was dragged into the Man City dressing room by Raheem Sterling and Benjamin Mendy , but Stones wasn't having any of the banter.
Recounting the tale while appearing on the I Had Trials Once Podcast, Pope said: "I think he was playing for England and he was so flipping soft. "I can't remember who he played against, might have been flipping Zlatan or somebody, I can't remember who it was but he got battered. "I was like, he's a target man's dream.
Technically he's unbelievable like, so good. I just tweeted going 'you'd love to play against him b.
