CtidBlueMooner said:Mods, please don't merge this to the main thread. From the letter below, I'm sure you can tell what I do for a living ! Maybe other BM'ers can chip in with similar messages to massage his ego....or otherwise.
Dear Mr Toure
Thank you for contacting the wider world to raise concerns about the way your employer has treated you recently. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to you.
I was sorry to learn you felt the club has shown you a lack of respect on your recent visit to Abu Dhabi. This must have been all the more
frustrating, as you were also unaware of the presentation of a birthday cake on board your flight from Manchester, owing to your £300.00 noise cancelling headphones. However, your employer took the time to personally
congratulate Mr Pellegrini and each player individually on this season's success at an evening reception last Tuesday. Nevertheless, it is clear we have let you down on this occasion and I do apologise.
Incidents like this are rare and I understand how disappointed you must have been. My relationship with the club stretches back to 1978, yet I did not receive an acknowledgement of my birthday from Sheikh Mansour earlier
this year either. Please accept my apologies for the distress caused and for the impact this had on your trip to the U.A.E.
Whilst I recognise how annoying it was to be overlooked by your peers at the end of season awards, you can console yourself with contributing significantly to the achievement of winning two trophies. Others either let the chance for glory slip from their grasp or simply scored for fun against teams at the bottom of the division. Please be assured though that
your efforts have not been in vain, and your adoring fans worldwide are grateful for all you have done to help the organisation take big strides forward this year.
We value your achievements and regret the absence of support, gratitude and respect as you prepare for an important event this summer. We do not underestimate how hard you have worked, but please bear in mind my season card renewal for next year equated to 75% of my earnings in April 2014. Or to put it another way that your esteemed agent Mr Seluk would appreciate, you earned in 346 seconds on the first day of April what it took me a whole month to achieve. They do say that money can’t buy you happiness, but it certainly can buy you bad advice.
I am sorry if you felt the club has let you down during this unfortunate episode, as this certainly was not our intention. When employees are disappointed, as you clearly were, we want to hear from them. Your feedback is vital so we can pinpoint where we need to focus our efforts.
I sincerely hope this misunderstanding can be resolved amicably. Our philosophy is teamwork and no single person is bigger than the organisation they represent. Together we can put this incident behind us and move
forward for the benefit of all concerned.
Best Regards
pavelsrnicek said:tolmie's hairdoo said:nellyonthewing said:He cannot come back now unless he sacks his Manager and eats a large piece of humble pie.
Sounds like he is a lot closer to Seluk than people are stating.
Yaya's son is named after him.
Kia was the same with Tevez, best man at his wedding.
These guys know how to play the long game.
As I said yesterday it only ends one of two ways- new agent or new team. The fact he has had Seluk as an agent/manger for 13 years and named his son after means he's more likely to be off. It just might be a long goodbye.
While the old saying is no one is irreplaceable as United and Spurs have found it isn't strictly true and the loss of Yaya's goals, passing, runs, sheer physical presence, free kicks is incalculable. He is a serious big game player and has scored vital goals at most of our recent key moments. If he leaves the way the team plays will have to change. While you could argue there are better midfielders than Yaya they are different to him in that what he gives us is pretty unique at top level football.
In short I think he has us by the short and curlies.
Uwe's Stinky Trainers said:There really are flakey responses on here.
Isn't it obvious what's happening? Player turns 31, has arguably his most notable season ever in terms of performances and trophies, is due to play a central role for his country on the world stage in a few weeks time… so, from a monetary perspective this is his agent's and other advisor's last big roll of the dice, for which they are making a play - positioning themselves for the biggest return on their asset before depreciation. Be that via improved contract negotiations, a transfer, whatever.
Foreign Premier League superstar in lack-of loyalty shocker. Hold the press!
What's he worth in todays market? £ 45-60m? Snap it up. Thanks for your efforts this season Yaya you were an absolute pleasure to behold.
If he earned a total of fuck all a year from now on it would be good enough. Greedy bastards.tolmie's hairdoo said:RandomJ said:Blue Mooner said:Great post from Shaleums tash, but I think you are missing the point. Yaya in all likelihood is happy to stay this is just posturing from his agent to get him an improved contract - to do that you have to offer the threat that you would leave.
It's all negotiation.
I feared this situation with players like Sergio and YaYa once granny shagger Rooney got 300k a week. Its all ego and if Rooney can command that then obviously other players look at it and want that amount.
Well if he wants 300k a week he can bugger off to a club willing to pay him that. He is our highest earner and has 3 years left on his deal. If we bow down to his demands then whats to stop Sergio, Silva, Nasri getting their agents to do the same thing so they can have 300k as well. We need to call his agents bluff and if he does end up leaving he might have the 300k a week he wanted but he will be in a rubbish league in Russia or France or wherever and not the most competitive and most watched league in the world.
I seriously doubt this is about money, I believe them on that score.
Yaya has earned £50m since he has been with us, if he can earn another £7m a year, elsewhere, that will be good enough.
He's a surly and precious bastard who simply wants a change and new environment.
He knows he can get all the above at any other top club on the continent.
Blue Note said:Get rid of him now.
Loved him, he has been amazing for us, but he is embarrassing our club and acting like a greedy spoilt brat.
I thought it was his agent being a knob at first, but after coming out on Twitter saying he agrees with him I couldn't care less if he went.
Longest song title in historyNorthernBoy said:It's Simple,
The Chairman And Manager Need To Ask Him To Explain What Has Happened And Give Him The Opportunity To Express His Intentions Whether It Be To Stay Or Leave.
If He Wants To Go, We Say Thanks For Your Services, We Get Big Money For Him And Gain Huge Respect From The Football World For Basically Not Bending Over To Big Player Ego.
If He Wants To Stay, And Gives The Club And The Supporters A Reasonable Account Of This Ridiculous Story Then Great, Buisness As Usual.
Don't Panic, No Matter What The Outcome, City Will Not Be Shaken At All By This. Those In Charge Will Use The Resources We Have To Rectify The Situation And We Will Metaphorically Pick Up The Remote, Press Resume And Continue To Watch This "Stupendous" Film That Is Manchester City Football Club.