Sociopathic. I never say psychopathic. There is a very big difference. He claimed that he wasn't able to see his brother before he died because City denied him access to him. It is demonstrably a lie and many believe it was an attempt to force a move and further his own career by moving on (PSG). To me that is beyond the pale; its his dead younger brother FFS. If you disagree and think that publishing that lie was just shrewd business then so be it.
Here in lies the problem with your righteous anger: you have some facts mixed in with tenous opinion, and you conclude it's justifiable reason to throw bile.
I look at the very same facts I.e Yaya claiming 'City didn't let him go see is brother' then I cut out the opinion portion I.e "many believe it was an attempt to force a move to PSG" coz that isn't even a fact, just opinion. Sadly without that opinion portion there is no conclusion of 'sociopath'. And no basis for the righteous indignation you and those who hold your view have.
But let's even ignore the opinion addition and focus on the part that is actual fact and not the added conjecture.
Here is what Yaya said:
I
confess that I am still very sad, I'm suffering because I feel I have done nothing useful for him the last few weeks.
"At the end of the season, I wanted to stay for four or five days with my brother before I flew to prepare for the World Cup with Ivory Coast, except that City did not want to give me a few days. I went to celebrate the title championship in Abu Dhabi while my brother was in his sickbed.
By fortune, Kolo was at his bedside. After that I blame myself for not insisting and for not leading them to respect me.
When I read the above what I hear is pain of having lost a family member, and guilt for prioritizing less important things like s post season trip and world cup. Not some sociopathic attempt to further ones career.
You claim what he said was 'demonstrably' a lie. Can you demonstrate that?
But for what it's worth, I don't think Yaya requested time off: I can give you a common sense play by play of what happened:
1. City wins league
2. City announced mandatory Abu Dhabi celebration tour
3. Yaya believing his brother will survive bites his tongue and goes on trip
4. Yaya heads to WC after Abu Dhabi
5. Brother gets worse and passes away
6. Yaya feels guilt for not standing up and requesting those days off
7. Yaya also feels anger twds City mgmt for not proactively giving him time off with family as they knew about his ill brother.
8. Yaya feels anger twds his brother and Sister who were caring for Ibrahim bicos they purposely didn't want Yaya or Kolo to know how bad things had gotten for Ibrahim while they were away playing football.
These are emotions that rum the gamut from pain to guilt to anger. Some justified others simply a lash out.
Again that folks are so thin skinned, that all they can see is ' Yaya putting the clubs name in disrepute.' it is a pathetic view to hold to be frank. Fuck the club, we are talking about someone who just lost a family member here. Life and death. And all some care about is the light it paints the club in.I mean talk about 'sociopathic behavior.
The least any person can do is give the grieving the benefit of the doubt.
For fuck sake, even the club had the common decency to not comment on the issue at the time. At a base level they got what Yaya was saying and feeling. It really doesn't take much to get it really. That so many here don't, is a bit, well to use your word 'sociopathic.'
