Re: cover/replacement for yaya????
SImilar to Yaya Toure, would mean tall, big, powerful, fast and techchnical. Too be fair, there aren't that many.
Feliani is tall, big and powerful. But he is not fast on the ball or as technically sound. However, he is better defensively and in the air.
Don't think Vidal is like Yaya at all. A different kind of player entirely. But a fantastic one none the less. Actually, the oft injured french kid at Arsenal, is probably more like Yaya than many would willingly admit. He just seems unable to reach his full potential with so many injuries and a penchant for losing confidence. But in terms of Size, technical skill on the bal, and the ability to ghost past players, he is pretty close. Not as big or bruising, but quite similar.
Looking for a Yaya clone is futile, perhaps not even adviceable. What we need is an equally talented midfielder with other characteristics. I can comfortaby say Pirlo is as equally influential if not more so than Yaya, yet he possesses none of Yaya's qualities. That is what we should be looking for, not another Yaya per se.
I think most of the names that have been mentioned can do a fantastic job. however I'd not include Alaba on that list. But there are many who can do a job for us.
Personally, I'd be looking more for a Pirlo/Xavi type than a Yaya type. We already have the ultimate Yaya, we don't need an inferior duplicate. Lets look for what we don't have. That said, I;d love Felliani here. Then again, I don't think he is really like Yaya. I think he is just good in he's own way.
Felliani, Witsel, Strootman, Benat, will be high on my list, if I was scouting for City
