Yaya Toure apologises

[Rolee]

Agreed, wonder which club would his arrogance and age profile would fit in? Answers on a postcard.

Mancini's been linked with the Valencia job.

Yaya's just retired from international football so won't be off to AFCON in February.

I wonder...

 

[supercity88]

We’ve had a strong core of players who have helped this club become successful. Many of those players haven’t had the drive to sustain the success. In order to sustain success you have to stay focussed and always have a lingering feeling that should you step below the required effort and quality levels you’ll be dropped.


Nasri had so many chances to prove himself and never did, so Pep let him leave. There’s no opportunity for inconsistency in our squad anymore.


Yaya underperformed last season on a consistent basis but was never dropped. He was even handed the captaincy when Kompany was injured despite being unable to motivate himself let alone others.


We’ve put up with his agent slagging the club off and putting Yaya on a pedestal and now Pep’s fought back. He’s said until Yaya grows a pair and apologises he’s out. To the fans, the club as well as him. Yaya’s agent has no problem slating the club, maybe Yaya needs to have a word with him… either way this is excellent and it’s also brilliant timing. Our players for the most part will be buzzing at the moment, winning games, playing excellent football. We’ve won the derby, we’re clear at the top of the league, we’ve won our first CL game comfortably. And then Pep shows them that if they ever forget themselves, or how important the fans and the club are they’ll be out. This gives them a heavy dose of reality in case they were getting carried away!


There’s no time for sentiment. Yaya has been an excellent player, but he’s not been for over a year now. He’s not handled himself in the manner that anyone should if they want to be regarded as a club legend. On Saturday we won 4-0 and played incredible football. That side didn’t have Hart, Kompany, Zabba, Yaya, Silva or Aguero… our core no brainer starters for so many years… they were all out of the side and we still won with ease.

 

[CTID1988]

Anyone know how Yaya is looked upon in the dressing room? Im wondering if all this could have a negative impact on the team or morale

 

[Rolee]

Anyone know how Yaya is looked upon in the dressing room? Im wondering if all this could have a negative impact on the team or morale

Don't know but if you recall the league cup final when Yaya scored the winning penalty he wheeled away in celebration and then looked behind him in anticipation of his teammates joining him, they however all went to Caballero instead. I may be reading too much into that but I found it interesting.

 

[Machiavelli]

This is exactly what the club has needed for a long time. A Machiavellian football man wielding power.

Hiya!

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Anyone know how Yaya is looked upon in the dressing room? Im wondering if all this could have a negative impact on the team or morale

He won't be looked upon as highly as Pep. A manager that will improve them and they will enjoy playing for.

 

[St.Pauli support]

I'd pay yaya off, he's not going to feature for us again. Don't see the point in paying 250k a week when his agent is giving pep shit. Fuck him off, long overdue.

Well, Yaya has got a contract. If you want him to sign an agreement of termination you must be aware that his Trump-like agent will be sitting at the table saying:

"So we have 9,25 months left on the contract. If we are to miss the benefits of titles and bonuses and positive marketing effects on the best player I have under contract right now (eeerm) then City have to pay for lets say 20 months. And 5 months for my services. And Pep has to apologize to me. Deal?"

City can sit back. We don't need Yaya in the squad. His wages are in our budget anyway. Pep won't talk about him. In fact it's a non-topic.

And to be clear: the reason is not Seluk. The reason is Yaya Toure. He still has the chance to put things right and support his club and his team, to speak for himself and shut up or fire his idiot of an agent, who is acting like a mixture of a mafia boss and Putin being called 'Papushka' by little poor Yaya.

Yaya has no spine nor any self reflection and seems to be driven by pride and simplicity. He was an easy victim for Seluk. IMO.

 

[dublinblue12]

Ssn discussing it, and generally on peps side. But having an argument here with a colleague , Pep never said apologize to pep , he said apologize to man city correct? Media spin now seems to be pep wants a personal apology

 

[Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot]

Ssn discussing it, and generally on peps side. But having an argument here with a colleague , Pep never said apologize to pep , he said apologize to man city correct? Media spin now seems to be pep wants a personal apology

He said to apologise to him and the club! I'm sure Jim White said that as well to yaya's agent

 

[talya]

I like Yaya and he has been a tremendous player for the club but this is just idiotic. Yaya needs to speak up, at this rate his agent not only is he tarnishing his legacy at City but also his overall image as a football player, Pep is 100% right, you cant have parasite agents dictating formations and tactics.

As far as i am concerned Yaya shouldn't even be allowed to be anywhere near the training ground, enough is enough.

 

[oakiecokie]

Ssn discussing it, and generally on peps side. But having an argument here with a colleague , Pep never said apologize to pep , he said apologize to man city correct? Media spin now seems to be pep wants a personal apology

He said that shitface should apologise (in this order) to MCFC,Yayas team mates and himself.

 

[burning blue soul]

I have no objection to an ultimatum being given to Yaya but you bring him in and speak to him in person preferably with his agent there rather than announce it at a press conference.

But we don't know what has gone before. Maybe we have been diplomatic and over allowed his piss-takey behaviour. I'm not going to stress about this in the slightest. Pep has made a stand, and I stand right behind him.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

I'd ride it out, see if anyone comes in for him in Jan. If not then I'd pay him off in Feb and tell him not to step foot on club soil ever again.

Lost all respect for him, should just get his head down and try get himself into the team. He's taken it too far now.

 

[Bill Walker]

Pep is bang on right here

Great manager, great man

 

[Hungarian blue]

Ssn discussing it, and generally on peps side. But having an argument here with a colleague , Pep never said apologize to pep , he said apologize to man city correct? Media spin now seems to be pep wants a personal apology

Firstly apologize to the club, then to the players and then to the 'trainer' as he stated.

 

[andy h]

Great stance by Pep. The club should not tolerate sniping by gobshite agents. Yaya should have the balls to tell his agent to zip it but I suspect that he has always been happy for him to make his comments via the media.
As has been said in previous posts, Yaya is now yesterday's man. His influence as a player has waned and thus his power within the club. If Yaya can't get into League Cup team then he is clearly on the way out. It is assumed that he was given the chance to ship out during the summer but chose to stay put. Obviously, he either likes his current situation or no-one came up with a better offer to move on. The man has been a tremendous asset to the club and scored goals at key moments as the Blue Moon has risen. It would be nice to see him either (a) stay put, wind his neck in, put a shift in and be a team player or (b) keep his trap shut and move on with some dignity. It is nice to see that the club are now taking a no-shit attitude and I hope that extends to the media too.

 

[BobKowalski]

A manager only has so much power in the grand scheme of things. The club is a business so the better the player the more power they have.

I don't look at Mancini as being weak at all and Tevez came back.

Tevez was a similar situation. Tevez was told that he would be allowed back if he apologised to the club & teammates. Eventually he did and he came back. Seluk should have issued a non-apology apology which would have made it more uncomfortable for the club and Pep. Instead he shouted his mouth off. This is also about Txiki as much as Pep and goes way back to the Barca days. Yaya is unlikely to disown Seluk in my view so it will rumble on until Yaya leaves.

Seluk should have played this a bit smarter. But then a smarter agent would have kept his mouth shut in the first place.

 

[Neville Kneville]

If Yaya speaks up, the problem will be solved. If he doesn't, he is effectively backing his agent over the club. Obviously he can have a few days to talk/argue with Slug but he has two options: get Slug to apologise, or if he won't, then Yaya should make it clear Slug isn't speaking on Yaya's behalf. It's easy enough. But if he doesn't then he either agrees or hasn't got the balls to stand up to him. Even if he said 'it's not fair, Seluk doesn't speak for me, why should I suffer?' that hits the ball back to Pep & he has to justify it. If he says nothing then he's got no excuse.

Either way, Pep has put the onus on him to make it clear where he stands, so it's in the open now.

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Very satisfying to know that the manager has proper control of a group of players and is turning them all into a team,which is his and their job to do.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Surely this is what all clubs should be doing with the parasitic agents. Stop bleating and moaning all the time and let's talk in private and sort. We are in a stronger position though than a few seasons ago when we needed Yaya more than we do now.