Gerard Pique believes Pep Guardiola is the perfect mentor to develop John Stones into a world-class defender at Manchester City.
Stones moved to City from Everton earlier this month for a fee believed to be in the region of £50million, as Guardiola attempts to mould a team able to fit his philosophy of playing out from the back.
"Stones is a great player, the best central defender England have. I like how he plays, it's a similar style to mine," Pique told Marca.
"Pep will help him to a lot to take a lot of risks with the ball. It's like poker - sometimes, you have to take risks.
"But being in defence, you have to control those risks. I think he'll do well."
"Between Pep and United, I go for the latter," he said. "I had some really good years there and I've always considered it as a second home.
"I'll always be more of a Red Devil, although I have to admit that I follow City fondly because there are people there I know, like Txiki [Begiristain, City director of football], who helped me come to Barcelona, and [Spain] team-mates like [Jesus] Navas and [David] Silva."
