Yaya Toure - commits future to City (page 855)

[dancity19]

Re: Yaya Toure

North of 40 million pounds. We're looking at the same money Paris have paid for David Luiz as a minimum.

Personally I think that prices Toure out of a move this summer ... but you just never know.

I'd take 40 million quid for Toure all day long. Not without having a decent replacement lined up, and lets not kid ourselves the man to replace Toure has to be decent, but that would be great business for a 31 year old. I imagine with the temper tantrums, Soriano will also remember Ronaldinho, and the point they really should have sold him but chose not to, only to sell him a poor season later for a fraction of the price.

If the money reaches those levels City will sell.

The only thing we don't know right now is what Toure himself is going to do after the world cup. Him and his agent are more than capable of properly throwing their toys out of the pram.

How do you mean?

If we decide not to sell as the money isn't right he does a Tevez and refuses to play? Or just creates such a fuss to try and force us to sell?

I assume they of course will, but I really hope the club have a good idea of what he wants exactly, and what has brought this about? As the mixed messages coming from his agent have been simply bizarre from the point of view of a fan.

I've said all along that I think his gripe with lack of recognition is with the League, not with City- and, to be fair, is a legitimate one considering gerrard was voted higher than him in the Journalists player of the Year. That is nothing to do with City though.

There will be more to it than that- but he clearly has a huge chip on his shoulder about recognition.

 

[moomba]

Re: Yaya Toure

IF we could get £40m for Yaya we would be doing very well indeed. I doubt anyone will pay more than what we paid for him, which would make it likely he'll still be here next season.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Yaya Toure

I'd take 40 million quid for Toure all day long. Not without having a decent replacement lined up, and lets not kid ourselves the man to replace Toure has to be decent, but that would be great business for a 31 year old. I imagine with the temper tantrums, Soriano will also remember Ronaldinho, and the point they really should have sold him but chose not to, only to sell him a poor season later for a fraction of the price.

If the money reaches those levels City will sell.

The only thing we don't know right now is what Toure himself is going to do after the world cup. Him and his agent are more than capable of properly throwing their toys out of the pram.

How do you mean?

If we decide not to sell as the money isn't right he does a Tevez and refuses to play? Or just creates such a fuss to try and force us to sell?

I assume they of course will, but I really hope the club have a good idea of what he wants exactly, and what has brought this about? As the mixed messages coming from his agent have been simply bizarre from the point of view of a fan.

I've said all along that I think his gripe with lack of recognition is with the League, not with City- and, to be fair, is a legitimate one considering gerrard was voted higher than him in the Journalists player of the Year. That is nothing to do with City though.

There will be more to it than that- but he clearly has a huge chip on his shoulder about recognition.

My personal opinion is that Toure has little intention of coming back to City and if we haven't agreed a deal with someone by the end of the world cup i'd expect some kind of full on media assault complete with nonsense about broken promises, unseen disrespect, and a desire to leave Manchester.

He simply doesn't strike me as the kind of character who's going to turn up at preseason ready to work if he doesn't get his move. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[dancity19]

Re: Yaya Toure

If the money reaches those levels City will sell.

The only thing we don't know right now is what Toure himself is going to do after the world cup. Him and his agent are more than capable of properly throwing their toys out of the pram.

How do you mean?

If we decide not to sell as the money isn't right he does a Tevez and refuses to play? Or just creates such a fuss to try and force us to sell?

I assume they of course will, but I really hope the club have a good idea of what he wants exactly, and what has brought this about? As the mixed messages coming from his agent have been simply bizarre from the point of view of a fan.

I've said all along that I think his gripe with lack of recognition is with the League, not with City- and, to be fair, is a legitimate one considering gerrard was voted higher than him in the Journalists player of the Year. That is nothing to do with City though.

There will be more to it than that- but he clearly has a huge chip on his shoulder about recognition.

My personal opinion is that Toure has little intention of coming back to City and if we haven't agreed a deal with someone by the end of the world cup i'd expect some kind of full on media assault complete with nonsense about broken promises, unseen disrespect, and a desire to leave Manchester.

He simply doesn't strike me as the kind of character who's going to turn up at preseason ready to work if he doesn't get his move. I hope I'm wrong.

Yep. Well we need to get on with sorting out a quality replacement/(s) depending on how much we can spend. I am sure the wheels will be in motion- but we need to be swift.

As a player I would love him to stay, as I am sure all of us would. But after this, I'm not so sure. It really leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Just down to the farcical nature of the things his agent as much as anything.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Yaya Toure

MEN reporting this morning that we have no interest in selling him.

I know more than the MEN do about what's going on ... City have named a price for Yaya. Lets see if anyone comes to the party.

What region is the price?

North of 40 million pounds. Although it's not been confirmed by anyone, I've been told that City have already rejected 35 million pounds from PSG.

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

Re: Yaya Toure

I thought these quotes from Toure regarding PSG are old news and they are from 6 months ago at least.

Just old news being stirred up by the gutter press.

Now have I missed something has he actually said something in the last few days other than "cakegate" to suggest he wants out?

 

[Bill]

Re: Yaya Toure

MEN reporting this morning that we have no interest in selling him.

Good. Always rated that paper.

 

[Burtonblue]

Re: Yaya Toure

Don't sell him.
We don't need the money ultimately and only a rival can afford his fees.
The club needs to lay down a marker here and hold him to his contract or this shit is just going to keep on happening.

 

[dave_blue12]

Re: Yaya Toure

I know more than the MEN do about what's going on ... City have named a price for Yaya. Lets see if anyone comes to the party.

What region is the price?

North of 40 million pounds. Although it's not been confirmed by anyone, I've been told that City have already rejected 35 million pounds from PSG.

I'm not doubting your info but that sort of money for a 31yr old is (virtually?) unheard of. £35M for a 31yr old player who wants to go would be a great bit of business imho.

 

[Sigh]

Re: Yaya Toure

I thought these quotes from Toure regarding PSG are old news and they are from 6 months ago at least.

Just old news being stirred up by the gutter press.

Now have I missed something has he actually said something in the last few days other than "cakegate" to suggest he wants out?

Oh indeed! From yesterdays Times:

"Bwana Kipling he be like da shitty cake making, innit."

 

[Matt the Giant]

Re: Yaya Toure

I know more than the MEN do about what's going on ... City have named a price for Yaya. Lets see if anyone comes to the party.

What region is the price?

North of 40 million pounds. Although it's not been confirmed by anyone, I've been told that City have already rejected 35 million pounds from PSG.

If those figures are true, and I sincerely hope they are, we WILL sell him without question. That sum will do wonders for our finances, and we will without the shadow of a doubt have a plan which will insure we will be at least as strong of a team next season even without yaya.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Re: Yaya Toure

I know more than the MEN do about what's going on ... City have named a price for Yaya. Lets see if anyone comes to the party.

What region is the price?

North of 40 million pounds. Although it's not been confirmed by anyone, I've been told that City have already rejected 35 million pounds from PSG.

In my heart, I wish all of this was a bad dream and Yaya started for us next season as he finished the last. But that's not the reality.

In the real world, he has disrespected the club, his head is obviously turned -at best - and completely out of here at worst. In this context, I'd have taken the £35m in a heartbeat. We could do quite a bit with £85m net spending available this window.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Yaya Toure

What region is the price?

North of 40 million pounds. Although it's not been confirmed by anyone, I've been told that City have already rejected 35 million pounds from PSG.

I'm not doubting your info but that sort of money for a 31yr old is (virtually?) unheard of. £35M for a 31yr old player who wants to go would be a great bit of business imho.

I think ultimately for City this will be as much about perception as anything else. A headline fee will mean rather than the narrative being Toure forced a move that in fact City got an offer they couldn't refuse and thus sold him.

I also think if we're talking about Monaco and PSG as potential suitors both clubs have shown a willingness to pay way over the odds to secure a player. In an FFP driven climate City will expect stupid money for a player who has just finished the season as arguably the best midfield player in the world, even if he is 31.

 

[nmc]

Re: Yaya Toure

What region is the price?

North of 40 million pounds. Although it's not been confirmed by anyone, I've been told that City have already rejected 35 million pounds from PSG.

I'm not doubting your info but that sort of money for a 31yr old is (virtually?) unheard of. £35M for a 31yr old player who wants to go would be a great bit of business imho.

You are right but PSG will probably go to £40m - they seem to have a positive attitude - they just pay whatever it takes to secure a player.

 

[BlueDejong]

Re: Yaya Toure

40m pound ? No way.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Yaya Toure

40m pound ? No way.

I think before David Luiz moved to Paris I would've said the same thing ... but seeing them drop that kind of money on a 27 year old who lets face it, isn't Yaya Toure in terms of the impact he can have on a team, makes me think that City are right to value Toure at that level.

 

[decmancity]

Re: Yaya Toure

If we were offered 40m I would certainly take it, top it up with 10-15m and get Pogba.

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Re: Yaya Toure

If we were offered 40m I would certainly take it, top it up with 10-15m and get Pogba.

£40M when compared with Luiz is not great except that Yaya is 31, so I'd take that, but it has to be a minimum. I'd much rather him stay though.
A top quality replacement must be found and looking to future I'd like to see Barkley, if not him then Vidal, or Pogba, in that order.

 

[levets]

Re: Yaya Toure

We won the title - MCFC, not YYFC - so I think that supersedes that twat and putting him up there would be yet another example of the petty and small time sesame street one of these things is not like the others attitude where our acts or omissions are conditioned by others cos we don't want anyone to say bad things about us mummy.

Eh?

He might be twat of the season, but he's without doubt player of the season.

Some on here would be so petty and small minded that they'd refuse to give him the trophy... like Leeds wanted to do to Alan Smith... SMALL TIME

Putting all this nonsense aside from the last week or so, while Yaya has undoubtedly been one of better performers, and 20+ goals from midfield - and a lot of them classics - is literally awesome (over used word nowadays), there were a few times when he didn't seem interested, so he doesn't get the Player of the Season for me. That accolade goes to David Silva IMO because he always shows up and makes us tick at least as much as Yaya, often playing the penultimate pass in the lead up to a goal or chance as well as the assists and that for me gives it to Merlin. Yaya only runner up for me.

Don't really disagree with that mate...

My beef is that Yaya won the vote by a landslide rightly or wrongly... but he did!

Now some are letting his bellyaching and childish behaviour off the field erase his performances from memory... 'Can I change my vote'... 'If he wins player of the year can we NOT give him the trophy' ... petty and small time.

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Re: Yaya Toure

I'd take 40 mill all day. With 25-30 of our 49 million spend going on a centre half, 15 on fernando + player sales, we could have about 60 mill for a Yaya replacement. More than enough, and we could get a lot more out of him than we'll get out of Yaya