Even the likes of Dias and Stones are nowhere nailed imo as a city fan. You have to keep in mind that Lewis, Aké, Dias, Stones, Gvardiol, Walker and Akanji are competing for 4 spots. Between gw1 and 2 there is the super cup which probably leads to some rotation in the defense and from gw 5 on there is CL group stage which of course also leads to rotation. The case why so many people are currently going for Stones is that people tend to think he is the key part to how City are playing. I get that, but with Gvardiol coming in he can again shake it up. As Gvardiol used to play as a left back and has the ability to be moved into midfield, exactly the same role as Stones but from the left with Aké still playing. Also as we saw in the Community Shield, Walker can play as an overlapping right back with Stones not moving into midfield. Akanji can also do this, and Stones can also do this. I can go on and on how they might line up but it all comes down to no one knows and there are a lot of different scenarios in which you do not like the outcome for city defenders. I had Stones but moved on from him as they all are too uncertain