Yaya Toure - commits future to City (page 855)

[Eccles Blue]

Re: Yaya Toure

Love this from the BBC website:




Posted at 11:04


Norwich City on Twitter: Happy birthday, Jonny Howson!

Cheers Yaya. Our Twitter timelines are going to be full of birthday wishes now from worried clubs desperate to avoid a repeat of Toure's cake gate. Still at least Delia is well-placed to bake him the cake he deserves.

 

[aguero93:20]

Re: Yaya Toure

If I were to attempt to assess this situation I'd wager Yaya's birthday has the sum total of fuck all to do with anything. This smacks of a player, and an "agent", recognising that Yaya has probably just had the season of his career, and that his value will never be higher, especially given he's now 31 years old. They are both aware that he's got 3 years left on his contract and, as such, he'll be 34 when that ends, and his ability to get another huge contract will have diminished. Whether this is he agent's idea/plan, of that of Yaya, is unclear, but it would seem someone has decided this is the time to rock the boat and either unsettle the club so he is sold (and gets a huge payoff, and huge new wage in the process) or force City's hand into offering him an improved contract of some description. My money would be on the agent (who, lets face it, won't be getting any big paydays anytime soon if he lets Yaya see out the rest of his deal at City) and Yaya is either happy to oblige or else is naive and can't see that his "friend" Dimitri is actually a leech trying to suck the last bit of revenue he can out of his charge.

I simply can't see City having treated Yaya in anything other than an exemplary manner, the behind the scenes picture you're given is of a happy, harmonious dressing room, and attentive and professional backroom staff, and a hands on, approachable directorship/chairman. Any slight Yaya may mention in his post World Cup statement (a timescale that does City no favours and allows this issue to fester and rumble on for the next 2 months) will be a perceived one as opposed to an actual one, and is more likely to be a smokescreen for what is really going on here, a moneygrab (either from us, or from another club eventually). City actually find themselves in a strong position here, Yaya has 3 years on his deal and, quite frankly, he's made himself look petty, childish and more than a little pathetic by getting his agent to cry on his behalf, especially about something as inconsequential as City apparently not celebrating his birthday with the right amount of gusto and reverence. One would think paying him almost £11m a year would be recognition enough.......

so what does he want

he is already the highest paid player at the club
so a new contract worth 300k like messi and ronaldo? oh please he isn't wroth that. World class player yes, but not top 3 in the world to be paid like messi, ronaldo, iniesta etc

And Rooney...

Plus whoever else the rags sign this summer after that contract. Mind you, anyone they sign is automatically the next Messi/Ronaldo/Beckenbauer/Baresi/Zidane and the bestest, most amazingest ever player to play in their position in the whole wide world.
Gullible cunts.

 

[mcfcphil]

Re: Yaya Toure

If I were to attempt to assess this situation I'd wager Yaya's birthday has the sum total of fuck all to do with anything. This smacks of a player, and an "agent", recognising that Yaya has probably just had the season of his career, and that his value will never be higher, especially given he's now 31 years old. They are both aware that he's got 3 years left on his contract and, as such, he'll be 34 when that ends, and his ability to get another huge contract will have diminished. Whether this is he agent's idea/plan, of that of Yaya, is unclear, but it would seem someone has decided this is the time to rock the boat and either unsettle the club so he is sold (and gets a huge payoff, and huge new wage in the process) or force City's hand into offering him an improved contract of some description. My money would be on the agent (who, lets face it, won't be getting any big paydays anytime soon if he lets Yaya see out the rest of his deal at City) and Yaya is either happy to oblige or else is naive and can't see that his "friend" Dimitri is actually a leech trying to suck the last bit of revenue he can out of his charge.

I simply can't see City having treated Yaya in anything other than an exemplary manner, the behind the scenes picture you're given is of a happy, harmonious dressing room, and attentive and professional backroom staff, and a hands on, approachable directorship/chairman. Any slight Yaya may mention in his post World Cup statement (a timescale that does City no favours and allows this issue to fester and rumble on for the next 2 months) will be a perceived one as opposed to an actual one, and is more likely to be a smokescreen for what is really going on here, a moneygrab (either from us, or from another club eventually). City actually find themselves in a strong position here, Yaya has 3 years on his deal and, quite frankly, he's made himself look petty, childish and more than a little pathetic by getting his agent to cry on his behalf, especially about something as inconsequential as City apparently not celebrating his birthday with the right amount of gusto and reverence. One would think paying him almost £11m a year would be recognition enough.......

so what does he want

he is already the highest paid player at the club
so a new contract worth 300k like messi and ronaldo? oh please he isn't wroth that. World class player yes, but not top 3 in the world to be paid like messi, ronaldo, iniesta etc

Messi just got an improved contract. There were a few fun and games in the press etc but he didn’t start complaining about a birthday cake.
There are ways of doing things.
Yaya has gone from one of the most respected players in world football to a complete and utter laughing stock – not just with football fans around the world but the general public. I can’t see how he would see an extra few thousand a week as being worth tarnishing his reputation to such a degree.

Before yesterday it was yaya toure – one of the world’s great players
Today it’s yaya toure – the multi-millionaire who spat out his dummy because someone forgot his birthday. That’s what people will remember first before all his achievements.

Taking my allegiances away – from a purely business perspective I don’t see how that will help yaya financially in the future.

He is quite literally the joke of world football at the moment.

 

[Henkeman]

Re: Yaya Toure

so what does he want

he is already the highest paid player at the club
so a new contract worth 300k like messi and ronaldo? oh please he isn't wroth that. World class player yes, but not top 3 in the world to be paid like messi, ronaldo, iniesta etc

And Rooney...

Plus whoever else the rags sign this summer after that contract. Mind you, anyone they sign is automatically the next Messi/Ronaldo/Beckenbauer/Baresi/Zidane and the bestest, most amazingest ever player to play in their position in the whole wide world.
Gullible cunts.

They already have Zinedine Cleverley. And the new Duncan Edwards. What more do you want?

 

[teddykgb]

Re: Yaya Toure

The other side of this is that we as fans have to accept it if the club sells yaya and takes a step back. In my mind, if he's really doing this and it isn't some massive 24 hr cock up then the team should sell, and we support the club by accepting that this couldn't have been imagined or planned for properly. It might make us worse in the short term. We're spoiled with 2 titles in 3 years and if we have to take a step back to do the right thing here, I htink we have to be OK with it. I'd hate to be one of those scousers having to pinch my nose about how your best player doesn't even want to play for your club.

 

[aguero93:20]

Re: Yaya Toure

And Rooney...

Plus whoever else the rags sign this summer after that contract. Mind you, anyone they sign is automatically the next Messi/Ronaldo/Beckenbauer/Baresi/Zidane and the bestest, most amazingest ever player to play in their position in the whole wide world.
Gullible cunts.

They already have Zinedine Cleverley. And the new Duncan Edwards. What more do you want?

Well they're putting Robertshaw Carlos on £100k a week aren't they?

 

[sir baconface]

Re: Yaya Toure

In the first game, Neymar was coming back from an injury, Sanchez was out of favour for Pedro. In the second game, Barca played a 4-4-2 with Neymar and Messi up front and Fabregas beefing up the midfield to stop Yaya running at them like he had in the first. Martino said himself in the press conferences he needed to change the shape in midfield for the second leg.
So you think that a player who can't hold down a position is a crucial first team player do you?

Great, now why did Fabregas start all 3 Clasico's then? :)

Answer the question, Do you think that a player who can't hold down a position is a crucial first team player?
Also, Do you think a player that's been made available for a transfer is a crucial first team player?

This has got totally repetitive. It's not that relevant anyway.

Barca once released Yaya because he wasn't crucial. He developed into a world class player with us. Who's to say a similar situation won't arise with Fabregas?

Is Merlin a crucial first teamer for Spain? He'll do us.

Not having a go, mate, but let's not get stuck in a rut.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Yaya Toure

If I were to attempt to assess this situation I'd wager Yaya's birthday has the sum total of fuck all to do with anything. This smacks of a player, and an "agent", recognising that Yaya has probably just had the season of his career, and that his value will never be higher, especially given he's now 31 years old. They are both aware that he's got 3 years left on his contract and, as such, he'll be 34 when that ends, and his ability to get another huge contract will have diminished. Whether this is he agent's idea/plan, of that of Yaya, is unclear, but it would seem someone has decided this is the time to rock the boat and either unsettle the club so he is sold (and gets a huge payoff, and huge new wage in the process) or force City's hand into offering him an improved contract of some description. My money would be on the agent (who, lets face it, won't be getting any big paydays anytime soon if he lets Yaya see out the rest of his deal at City) and Yaya is either happy to oblige or else is naive and can't see that his "friend" Dimitri is actually a leech trying to suck the last bit of revenue he can out of his charge.

I simply can't see City having treated Yaya in anything other than an exemplary manner, the behind the scenes picture you're given is of a happy, harmonious dressing room, and attentive and professional backroom staff, and a hands on, approachable directorship/chairman. Any slight Yaya may mention in his post World Cup statement (a timescale that does City no favours and allows this issue to fester and rumble on for the next 2 months) will be a perceived one as opposed to an actual one, and is more likely to be a smokescreen for what is really going on here, a moneygrab (either from us, or from another club eventually). City actually find themselves in a strong position here, Yaya has 3 years on his deal and, quite frankly, he's made himself look petty, childish and more than a little pathetic by getting his agent to cry on his behalf, especially about something as inconsequential as City apparently not celebrating his birthday with the right amount of gusto and reverence. One would think paying him almost £11m a year would be recognition enough.......

It's a philosophical point but I'd argue that when a player/agent behaves in the manner in which these two morons have, regardless of the talent of the player, we should wash our hands tout suite. I know that you could argue that well the player wins because he gets what he wants ... but from my point of view anyone leaving the current modern City is taking a step backwards in their career and as such we shouldn't give a flying fuck. Equally from a financial stand point, we saw with Tevez that when players start publicly wanting out their valuation is only going to go south and the longer you keep the player the further south it will go. Better to get the best fee you can.

This is a very difficult situation to predict if i'm honest because of the iron curtain. Indications seem to be that City are taking the Tevez stance and it might well be that we force Toure to stay regardless of the offers. However I can't help but feel that would fly directly in the face of everything Khaldoon said about the season just gone, the harmony both on the field and off the field at the club, and the vindication of a more holistic approach to things. We sold Balo, we sold Tevez, and we sacked Mancini. Keeping Toure after this escapade would seem contradictory in a way.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Re: Yaya Toure

Sorry if this has already been mentioned (page counts got a bit high to read it all), but aren't Barca banned
from transfer dealings for18 months or something like that.

 

[Rösler von Stretfordbömber]

Re: Yaya Toure

Exacy, wireblue. This idiot of an agent has done incalculable damage to Toure's image. And ENDORSEMENT VALUE, FFS.

I am shocked that someone with 1/10th of a brain hasn't gotten Yaya to distance himself from this idiot yet.