Player topic: Yaya Toure (2014/15)

[forevermancity]

copy from the mancini thread but since its relevant:

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'Yaya is like a son to me' - Mancini talks up Inter bid for Toure

Roberto Mancini admits Inter would love to sign Manchester City star Yaya Toure this summer, revealing that the Ivorian is like a son to him.

Toure has appeared unsettled on several occasions during his five-year stay at City, often voicing his discontent through outspoken agent Dimitry Seluk - most notably last summer when he felt the club had not adequately celebrated his birthday.

And Mancini - who brought Toure to the Etihad Stadium from Barcelona for £25 million (€35m) in the summer of 2010 - has reiterated his desire to bring the Ivorian midfield powerhouse to Italy.

"Yaya Toure is like a son to me," he told reporters at a press conference. "If there was a chance of us signing him, we'd be interested."

Toure, who led Cote d'Ivoire to Africa Cup of Nations glory earlier this year, has netted seven times in 21 Premier League appearances so far this season.

what a snide, sneaky and callous man mancini is

 

[BobKowalski]

copy from the mancini thread but since its relevant:

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2015/03/14/9813922/yaya-is-like-a-son-to-me-mancini-talks-up-inter-bid-for?ICID=HP_BN_2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer ... ID=HP_BN_2</a>

'Yaya is like a son to me' - Mancini talks up Inter bid for Toure

Roberto Mancini admits Inter would love to sign Manchester City star Yaya Toure this summer, revealing that the Ivorian is like a son to him.

Toure has appeared unsettled on several occasions during his five-year stay at City, often voicing his discontent through outspoken agent Dimitry Seluk - most notably last summer when he felt the club had not adequately celebrated his birthday.

And Mancini - who brought Toure to the Etihad Stadium from Barcelona for £25 million (€35m) in the summer of 2010 - has reiterated his desire to bring the Ivorian midfield powerhouse to Italy.

"Yaya Toure is like a son to me," he told reporters at a press conference. "If there was a chance of us signing him, we'd be interested."

Toure, who led Cote d'Ivoire to Africa Cup of Nations glory earlier this year, has netted seven times in 21 Premier League appearances so far this season.

what a snide, sneaky and callous man mancini is

I get why you say snide and sneaky but callous?

 

[bluemoon98]

Lazy bastard ;)

 

[01cravend]

Central midfield Berbatov

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Half hearted. Couldn't be arsed. Probably trying to drive his fee down and get a signing on fee elsewhere. Snake

 

[BigOscar]

Half hearted. Couldn't be arsed. Probably trying to drive his fee down and get a signing on fee elsewhere. Snake

Generous

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

if toure didnt want to play tonight , why didnt he tell pellegrini , at least a player like lampard would put 100% in

 

[g180aj]

he was lazy, dispossessed far too often and kept trying to hot Aguero with the long ball in the middle of the centre backs when it clearly wasn't working.

 

[Sergi0 Na5r1]

He should not be doing the work of a DM anymore especially in a 4-4-2 midfield.

He's good at controlling the ball, passing it and taking a decent shot on the goal. Speed, tackling and defensive play are no longer on his side.


Move him up the pitch, put two CDMs behind him. Go 4-3-3 or 4-5-1.

 

[chaddblue]

I've always stuck up for Yaya when he's been getting Pelters in the past

Tonight was different.... An absolute disgrace of a performance. Lazy, careless, sloppy... But worst of all, he couldn't give a fuck