Can't agree with the leadership thing,all our centre halves are strong and vocal.Stones is a born leader.
Where is Stones? He's completely fallen off the map. I thought he'd been injured for ages, but he only had a small knock that kept him out of the squad for a week.
It feels like Pep has lost all faith in him, didn't play him once in the CL knockout stage, didn't play him in the cup final, or FA Cup semi. That doesn't look like a player the manager thinks will tie down half of your central defence for years to come.