Yaya Toure had a pretty good first season on his own at Barcelona, but things got complicated when Pep Guardiola arrived, the former Ivorian International saw his playing time reduced and the new coach preferred to use the new talent, Sergio Bosquets.
Their relationship was quite strange because for them to succeed, they had to work together. While Yaya was a solid gifted midfilder, Guardiola was a tactical manager that transformed Barcelona.
In 2009, the season was completely incredible as Barcelona achieved a historical record and Toure played an important role in the champions league final agreeing to help out his team as a central defender.
Yet we never understood his absence from the team sheets even when Bosquets was unfit, Pep preferred to use other players like Seydou Keita instead of him.
After two years of a difficult relationship, the Midfielder decided to reach a point of no return when he got a chance to leave the Spanish Giant, no one stood in his way, especially not Pep Guardiola.
He was looking for a new challenge and also more importantly freedom. In 2010, Man City was reviewed as the New Money in England, for Toure it was a risky bet but his separation from Barca was no comfort at all..
With Time, Yaya Toure became an unstoppable force at Manchester City.
When Pep arrived at City, he told Toure that he needed to guide the younger players. After refusing to play him, Pep asked him to stay maybe because he is afraid of loosing the locker room if Toure left.
Things got heated again between Toure and Pep, the Midfielder played 48 games in two seasons, Toure was annoyed that he thought probably it was because of his skin, keep in mind Samuel Etoo too had problems with Pep and after Wilfred Bonny left City, it solidified Yaya’s accusations.
In spite of Toure’s solid relationship with Manchester City, Guardiola put an end to it.
Toure noted that it was due to his stand on Guardiola that he treated players like his possession , but for him he didn’t allow it and he was kicked out of city through the back door, one thing he says he won’t forgive.
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