If there was such a rumor it was probably a false rumor. I believe he wanted the Chelsea move last year.Wasn't there a rumour this time last year, when Chelsea were all out for Stones, that we'd agreed a deal with Everton to take him this Summer?
Maybe he was part of Pep's plans along with KDB and Sterling even back then?
Everton just weren't having it. But with the development of Mori, and the overexagerated errors of Stones during the season, I can see Everton letting him go before he loses value or leaves on a Bossman.