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William Gallas has told Chelsea they \u201chave to go get\u201d a centre-back who Arsenal are targeting as the fellow defenders are \u201cgoing to progress,\u201d such as new signing Maxence Lacroix.<\/p>\n
The Blues\u2019 signing of Crystal Palace defender Lacroix has reportedly been agreed today. The likes of Fabrizio Romano and David Ornstein have reported on the \u00a352million deal.<\/p>\n
But centre-back moves might not be done there for Chelsea<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Indeed, their former defender Gallas has backed the club to sign former Manchester City man John Stones<\/strong> after they recently joined the hunt for the centre-back.<\/p>\n Galla’s customs iPredicta<\/em>: \u201cSome people are surprised (with Chelsea\u2019s links to John Stones). I don\u2019t understand how they can be surprised.<\/p>\n \u201cChelsea have got to speak with John Stones. Of course they have to go to get him. They won\u2019t have to pay a lot of money because he\u2019s a free agent.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s got everything. He has got experience. He has already won the Premier League. He won the Champions League.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019s the best option right now; otherwise, you have to put a lot of money on one defender, and you are not really sure he will adapt to the Premier League. I think it would be great for both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n Another of Gallas\u2019 fellow sides, Premier League champions Arsenal, are also in the mix for Stones and are believed to be marginally in the lead due to the defender\u2019s relationship with Mikel Arteta.<\/p>\n But Gallas feels Chelsea need Stones for the experience he\u2019ll bring to the backline.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cThe players who are going to play around him are going to grow up, are going to progress.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI always spoke about this and I always repeat myself: for central defenders, you always need one experienced player because at the same time that player is teaching the boys who are next to him, for the young boys to grow up, to improve, to be a better defender, to take all the pressure off their shoulders.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s better that the pressure is on the shoulders of that experienced player than the youth.<\/p>\n \u201cLook at Chelsea\u2019s defenders, like Levi Colwill, Trevoh Chalobah and Wesley Fofana. They haven\u2019t looked like the answer for the long-term. Okay, Colwill was injured, and he was improving when he was with Thiago Silva, you know?<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then Silva left, and then another boy was the main guy, but they made some mistakes because they were not ready yet. They started to play very young, and they put pressure on them too soon.\u201d<\/p>\n With Lacroix being new to the club, it could perhaps be ideal to pair him with a very experienced player such as six-time Premier League winner Stones.<\/p>\n While he, too, would be new to the club, hi ample experience in the Premier League should serve him well wherever he\u2019s to go.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/strong><\/em>: Chelsea plot stunning \u00a370m Liverpool raid as shock report names three targets<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/div>\nChelsea need Stones\u2019 experience<\/strong><\/h2>\n