Far too many blues crediting Toure with too much intelligence.
I haven't referred to his other name since he sanctioned that cake bollocks from his agent.
Rather than Vinny or Zab, he's now just another player who we could easily be talking about at another club.
I have mentioned it a while back, but it won't be for more money, it's boredom.
Just like Mario, there comes a point when Manchester grows too small for some.
Balotelli stopped turning up for training, taking his agitation to the next level.
Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, they all have their appeal.
Surely this summer transfer window is the best time to sell him. He has had an unbelievable season but he is 31 now and his stock will not get any higher. No player is bigger than the club and we are not the same team as we were 3 or 4 years ago. What a disgraceful way to go about getting a transfer. The sooner he goes the better for me! Does anyone think that City will sell him.
City won't let him rot, and Toure is making our minds up with each passing day.
Nobody would have begrudged him wanting a fresh challenge, but he has proved with this gameplan to extricate himself that he is not the type of person we need representing us in years to come.
It makes me smile that Lescott, a player who I always felt was not good enough, showed true class throughout and will always be welcomed back as one of us.
...despite not having 20 per cent of Toure's talent.
That says more about us as a club and set of fans than Yaya ever could.