Player topic: Yaya Toure 2014/15 (continued)

[Vienna_70]

IMHO, Yaya can play in a two against the lower teams in the League. You know the ones, those who come to defend and hope to catch us on the break.

Oh, and Chelsea, too.

But when we're playing the better teams and those who have a go, such as Arsenal, Swansea, Southampton and dare I say it, the rags, we need an extra defensive midfielder in there, just as Bobby used to do with Barry and NdJ behind Yaya.

 

[richards30]

So if yaya stays i wonder how that will affect the pogba deal? Surely we cant offer £200,000 a week if yaya is still here?

 

[bluemoon98]

Watching the video of yaya describing his top 5 goals and he says he is never going to stop making THOSE runs, until the end.

hmm

 

[kaz7]

It'll be a waste if mp plays him the same way,i hope there will be serious discussions as to how use him better

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

So if yaya stays i wonder how that will affect the pogba deal? Surely we cant offer £200,000 a week if yaya is still here?

We can if we go with, and stick to a 4-2-3-1 formation with Pogba and Fernandinhio in the 2 and with Yaya in the 3. This I would go with against the better teams but for weaker teams I would slightly tweak it into 4-1-4-1 with Fernandinhio as the 1 with Pogba having a box to box role from the 4. Same team but with slightly different tactics per game and with the additional benefit of keeping the same "best eleven" week in and week out with changes only being made to cover injuries, loss of form, or special situations such as having a designated man marker when facing players like Messi.

 

[Bill]

if we play him in the right formation then he's a real asset. thats if he wants to be here. i'm not convinced.

 

[bluemoon98]

According to agent: http://www.itv.com/news/granada/upd...vinced-yaya-toure-to-stay-at-city-says-agent/

I'll copy and paste for all you lazy bastards ;)

Sheikh Mansour convinced Yaya Toure to stay at City, says agent

Yaya Toure was linked in reports with clubs including Inter Milan and Chelsea. Credit: PA Images


Yaya Toure decided to stay at Manchester City after being assured he is a key figure in the club's future by owner Sheikh Mansour, his agent has said.

Playmaker Toure looked to be on his way out of the Etihad Stadium this summer and was linked in reports with clubs including Inter Milan and Chelsea.

However agent Dimitri Seluk has confirmed Toure will remain at the club he joined from Barcelona five years ago.

City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan waves from the stands at the Ethiad Credit: PA Images
Seluk said in the Sunday Mirror: "Yaya is staying - because Sheikh Mansour told him he must stay.

"Mansour told Yaya that he is still a very important player and that he was the first big player to join City after the takeover.

"He told him that City wouldn't even discuss a sale.

"This is good. People have tried to say that Yaya only wanted more money, but it was never about money. It was only about respect."

Seluk had previously claimed Toure was "90 per cent certain" to leave City at the end of the season.

City boss Manuel Pellegrini repeatedly stated his desire to hang on to the Ivory Coast midfielder, with the 32-year-old having two seasons left on his contract.

Last updated Sun 31 May 2015

 

[cibaman]

According to agent: http://www.itv.com/news/granada/upd...vinced-yaya-toure-to-stay-at-city-says-agent/

I'll copy and paste for all you lazy bastards ;)

Sheikh Mansour convinced Yaya Toure to stay at City, says agent

Yaya Toure was linked in reports with clubs including Inter Milan and Chelsea. Credit: PA Images


Yaya Toure decided to stay at Manchester City after being assured he is a key figure in the club's future by owner Sheikh Mansour, his agent has said.

Playmaker Toure looked to be on his way out of the Etihad Stadium this summer and was linked in reports with clubs including Inter Milan and Chelsea.

However agent Dimitri Seluk has confirmed Toure will remain at the club he joined from Barcelona five years ago.

City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan waves from the stands at the Ethiad Credit: PA Images
Seluk said in the Sunday Mirror: "Yaya is staying - because Sheikh Mansour told him he must stay.

"Mansour told Yaya that he is still a very important player and that he was the first big player to join City after the takeover.

"He told him that City wouldn't even discuss a sale.

"This is good. People have tried to say that Yaya only wanted more money, but it was never about money. It was only about respect."

Seluk had previously claimed Toure was "90 per cent certain" to leave City at the end of the season.

City boss Manuel Pellegrini repeatedly stated his desire to hang on to the Ivory Coast midfielder, with the 32-year-old having two seasons left on his contract.

Last updated Sun 31 May 2015

If a club agrees to pay what we want, we will sell him.

 

[avoidconfusion]

I call bullshit on that story that Mansour asked Yaya to stay.

 

[Centurions]

I call bullshit on that story that Mansour asked Yaya to stay.

Since the story originated from Seluk I think we can all take that for granted TBH.