Former Everton manager David Moyes has tipped club defender John Stones for an enormously bright future.

The 21-year-old is one of the brightest defensive prospects in world football and has been a transfer target for Premier League giants Chelsea and Manchester United for quite some time now.

During Wednesday night's Capital One Cup win over Manchester City, Moyes spoke about the talented Stones and that he expects him to become a top quality central defender as his career with both club and country progresses.

Moyes said on Sky Sports: "This boy's coming on like nobody.

"He's coming on with great quality and great ability on the ball and he's playing with really good defenders and that's what's surprising me a bit about Everton.

"Players like Leighton Baines, Phil Jagielka, he's in with some really good players who know how to defend well. But John is different, he's very comfortable on the ball, which gives the side a good starting point. They like to start games from the back, but John will go on to big things, I've no doubt about that.

"He's improved his overall defending, he's got a natural ability to take the ball which is not something that's coached. He's reading the game much better,

"There are one or two occasions when part of being a defender is putting your foot through the ball. He did brilliantly to make himself a bit of space to clear the ball and there wasn't a pass on for him [against Tottenham].

"That's John...he'll develop and he's made one or two mistakes which have cost him, but obviously he's going to go on and play for England for a long time."