John Stones plans to spend part of his holidays watching reruns of each of England’s World Cup games to make sure he returns to Manchester City an even better player.

Along with Jordan Pickford, Kieran Trippier and Jordan Henderson, central defender Stones was one of England’s players of the tournament but the 24 year-old is not intending to put his feet up.

Stones insists he will be ready to play in City’s Community Shield game against Chelsea at Wembley on Sunday, August 5, and is intent on taking as much as he can from his World Cup experience.

“I will watch all the (England) games back in my own time, what we did at both ends of the pitch, because if you don’t score goals you don’t win games and if you don’t keep clean sheets you don't either,” said Stones. “That’s the harsh reality of it when you play against the very highest level.

“I think it is always good to self-analyse, be self-critical. That is how I’ve got through so far and improved. You’ve got to be harsh on yourself because it is the only way you are going to get better by studying those situations where you may have fallen short.