Yaya Toure and Ramadan ...

[Hamann Pineapple]

Who put the bop
In the bop shoo bop shoo bop
Who put the ram
In the ramadan a ding dong

 

[Dirtymindz]

This is more a personal choice, then any thing club or someone else can sort out, I am muslim but its up to individual player, even few cricketers choose to fast or some don't, if they feel they can manage it if they cant they do it at a later date. Nothing to worry about or anyone from outside can do anything.

 

[glen quagmire]

Don't forget Edin.

Get the lowdown on the Bosnia striker with our Mirror.co.uk profile, with more goals than you could shake a stick at.

1) Edin Dzeko was born in Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, on 17 March 1986, and he and his family had to cope with the Bosnian war rampaging through the country when he was only six. He recalled: "It was a hard time for everyone in the country. There wasn't much to eat, not really enough for three meals a day. I was very afraid every day. We were always having to hide when shots rang out or bombs fell. You could get shot at any time. I cried a lot in those days. Thank God the war is in the past."

2) Dzeko joined Bosnia and Herzegovina Premier League side FK Zeljeznicar and made his debut in 2003, starting out as a midfielder and scoring five goals in 40 games in two years at the club.

3) He moved on to top flight Czech club FK Teplice in 2005 for €80,000, and was loaned out to second division FK Ústí nad Labem for the first half of the season. His time in the Czech Republic saw him converted into a striker - an effective switch which saw him named best foreign striker and finish second in the golden boot race in the 2006-07 season.

4) Having come up through the U19 and U21 ranks, Dzeko made his debut for the senior side against Turkey on 2 June 2007. He made an instant impact, scoring the equaliser for 2-2 as Bosnia went on to win the game 3-2.

5) Dzeko's goals caught the eye of VFL Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath, who took the striker to the Bundesliga for €4million, with Dzeko signing a deal until 2011.

6) He started brightly, with five goals in the first twelve matches, but was less successful in the second half, ending his first season in Germany with eight goals in 28 games.

7) Last season was a different story, though, as Dzeko became half of the most successful strikeforce in Bundesliga history alongside Brazilian frontman Grafite, beating Gerd Mueller and Uli Hoeness's record from 1972-73. Dzeko notched 26 of the pair's 54 goals which helped propel Wolfsburg to the Bundesliga title.

8) Dzeko finished the season with a flourish as well, scoring two hat tricks - his first coming on 2 May against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in just 13 minutes.

9) After his goal-scoring exploits it is no wonder boss Magath sings Dzeko's praises. Magath says of Dzeko: "He is just the kind of striker a club would wish for. He is unselfish, has an accurate shot and header, and knows what to do with the ball the moment he receives it."

10) Although Muslim, Dzeko doesn't consider himself orthodox and prays once a day instead of the traditional five times.

Read more: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Edin-Dzeko-profile-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-Arsenal-target-article26864.html#ixzz1TaadpKog" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Ed ... z1TaadpKog</a>
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If he doesn't consider himself orthadox, i doubt he'll participate in fasting.

 

[BlueGun]

I hope it doesn't effect him, he was shit in Ramadan last year.

Good thing it finishes around 28th of August.

 

[Big G]

This is more a personal choice, then any thing club or someone else can sort out, I am muslim but its up to individual player, even few cricketers choose to fast or some don't, if they feel they can manage it if they cant they do it at a later date. Nothing to worry about or anyone from outside can do anything.

Spot on.
Its upto the person whether they choose to fast or not, some people cant do the full term, and with it being a mid summer fasting then it makes the job more difficult,
Nothing to worry about.

 

[MadchesterCity]

first of all, I am not quite sure yet if Yaya is fit for the community shield or not.

but it's important to point out that Ramadan starts either this Monday or Tuesday, which means that our muslim players (Yaya, Clichy and Kolo*) are going to be affected by this as they have to play while fasting...

hopefully it won't affect Yaya's performance, as he's a key player in our team ...

don't forget Dzeko

 

[glen quagmire]

first of all, I am not quite sure yet if Yaya is fit for the community shield or not.

but it's important to point out that Ramadan starts either this Monday or Tuesday, which means that our muslim players (Yaya, Clichy and Kolo*) are going to be affected by this as they have to play while fasting...

hopefully it won't affect Yaya's performance, as he's a key player in our team ...

don't forget Dzeko

Dzeko, isn't orthadox if you haven't seen the big writing above^^^^^^^^^^

 

[No17]

I think it will be fine and something will be sorted...considering our owners are muslim too

I don't think it will be a problem...yes it is allowed to break fast if you are sick, on a travel or have a physically difficult job to do (playing counts there) but I know that many players are fasting even though they have to play....you'll remember the name of freddy kanoute, he plays during the ramadan and his coach last year said that he performed better during the ramadan then in the rest of the season :)

 

[didactic]

This discussion has been done to death. There are so many muslim players and it has never affected their performance. They can eat before sunrise and again at sunset and after years of doing it they are well equiped to cope. Its not like they eat nothing for the whole month.

Anelka.
The Diarras.
The Toures.
Ribery.
Benzema
Kanoute

To name a popular few there are hundreds of players doing this, can we not do the same thread every year?.

 

[Project]

So is he not allowed to eat Michael Carrick for breakfast?

excellent