Peter Reid lauded John Stones after the defender remained at Everton at the end of the transfer window.
Former Everton midfielder Peter Reid paid tribute to the "outstanding" John Stones for his professionalism during the transfer window.
Stones, 21, put in a transfer request as amid a flurry of bids from Chelsea, but – like the Premier League champion – he was rebuffed.
Reid, a midfielder at the club from 1982 to 1989, lauded Stones for the way he had handled himself throughout.
"I've got to pay credit to the boy as well because he put in a transfer request, it was turned down, he's gone out on the park and he's done his job," Reid said.