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Best midfielder in the world for 18 months - he was fantastic.

@mashbilli

Жыл бұрын

If he was French or Brazilian U would have put him in the tiers of Viera and Zidane Prolly better than em

@cityslacker6221

11 ай бұрын

@@mashbillino we wouldn’t. He only hit that level and maintained it for barely two years and that was it. He was phenomenal, but he wasn’t consistent enough to be an all time great.

@ghettablkgffb

11 ай бұрын

​@@mashbillimaybe and that's a big maybe better than viera but definitely not Zidane tho

@LHBH8

11 ай бұрын

@@mashbilliAfricans have wild football takes.

@mashbilli

11 ай бұрын

@@ghettablkgffb zidane couldn’t defend Yaya more complete Guardiola had him at center back

Yaya carried City so many times, that's why he has a pitch even named after him at City's training ground. One of the greatest imo but a bit controversial but like he said he doesn't care...he always speaks the truth💙

@thefacelessquestion3333

9 ай бұрын

I didn't know this, now I do and I am glad

One of the best mids to ever play in the premier league, his prime no one could touch him

@michaeljohnson-thiman4975

11 ай бұрын

Patrick Vieira

@treyyg-rt5kz

11 ай бұрын

@@michaeljohnson-thiman4975toure was better than scholes/gerrard/lampard

@user-uc6bl2yh5k

11 ай бұрын

Scholes says hi. He was the best MF for 18 months. Scholes was that for years

@treyyg-rt5kz

10 ай бұрын

@@user-uc6bl2yh5k scholes was named in PFA team of season only twice in 18 years and won only 14 individual awards which is not good enough , he also never had more than 7 assists in a season

@user-uc6bl2yh5k

10 ай бұрын

@@treyyg-rt5kz That's like saying Busquets was average because he didn't rack those assists up. Why didn't you talk about his goals? If you think that's the only way a MF can influence a game then you don't know football. Scholes played deep-lying, box 2 box, and often stood out in every game he played. Can't remember any other MF Xavi and Iniesta were told to study.

Criminally underrated.

@kyedouglas482

11 ай бұрын

Not at all, literally everyone rates him?

@nawa240

11 ай бұрын

Pep destroyed his career because he could have ended his career well but alas

@anon86

11 ай бұрын

I see what you did there you racist

@vespasiancloscan7077

11 ай бұрын

@@nawa240 how tf did Pep destroy his career?

@n0273

11 ай бұрын

@@nawa240not really lol

We miss you yaya 💙💙💙💙

@Boaabi

11 ай бұрын

I’m not

@Kone347

Ай бұрын

@@BoaabiWhy

An absolute monster, for 2 years he was genuinely the best midfielder in the world

Its safe to say Guardiola is one of the greatest, but had difficult relationships with Eto(legend), Zlatan(legend, Yaya(legend), amongst others and all had skills and strong personalities.

@eaganadams3314

11 ай бұрын

Pep is a racist and that is being nice

@vespasiancloscan7077

11 ай бұрын

@@eaganadams3314 You people are hysterical. Thinking Pep is racist is the dumbest and randomest thing.

@jackroro7381

11 ай бұрын

He doesn't like big personalities. he was bullied probably as player. Manuel Petit said something about him during their playing time in barcelona

@themanwhosoldtheworld99

11 ай бұрын

@@eaganadams3314zlatan ain’t black..

@ragnarok283

11 ай бұрын

@@eaganadams3314 great

The title of the video didn't reflect in it. The complicated relationship was not explained

funny because when he was at barcelona i adored him. when he got to City, i knew he was going to be that guy because he was absolutely incredible at barcelona. its crazy because even after he left, whenever Messi would line up against him, he always give yaya a hug. Messi knew what he was to that team.

I'm happy he hit his prime in the prem for the world to see.

I will always enjoy the team managed by Pep.. Even so, tbh.. I'd never know how great you are if you didn't go out from pep's team.. For me you are one of the greatest premier league midfielders ever,.. And one of the most underrated players ever.

Not only a magnificent footballer but also a fantastic personality. Mohamed Ali in boxing. Maradona & Yaya in football. Best wishes

@kadirpaulo1089

11 ай бұрын

He was a great midfielder but that comment is WILD. hahahaha

@sighfly2928

6 ай бұрын

Loool. Putting him next to Maradona is like putting Anthony Joshua next to Ali.

What a player. PL all timer/great imo

Legend 🙏🏾❤️ we love you so much my brother and thank you for your great service to the Premier League. You were simply the best!

We love you yaya one of the greatest african players. Thank you Yaya

The Man City Yaya was a ballon d'or player . If you didn't saw it you really missed something

Yaya is what Pogba wanted to be

@alvarogonzalez3931

8 ай бұрын

What Pogba should have been. So talented

I remember those games where DeJong comes on and Yaya is unleashed in the forward positions...beast mode, untouchable and with enough finesse to bend a free kick up and into the top corner.

A proper city legend. Love the bloke!!

Great box to box midfielder, very complete like Gerrard, Ballack, Veron, heck even Gullit. But when you're at Barcelona, Guardiola was right to use Xavi and Iniesta. They were miles ahead of every midfielder bar Pirlo and Scholes.

@G4MBIT

11 ай бұрын

they were better than Pirlo and Scholes too.

@bestlions

11 ай бұрын

@@G4MBIT they are different players. Scholes Pirlo and Xavi are "regista's", while Iniesta is a central midfielder with an offensive flair and style such as Seedorf Modric, Cesc or Nedved. As a regista Pirlo was better than Xavi in my opinion. He was worldclass at Milan, Juve and with Italy. Pirlo didn't need a system, he was the system. Xavi before Pep, and especially his link with Iniesta, was not worldclass at 29 years old. In spain he was sometimes criticised called the windshield wiper. For me, Xavi needed a system, and Iniesta at Barcelona and the national team.

@tobia.1281

11 ай бұрын

Zidane / Nedved 👀

@usmanelebute.a5866

11 ай бұрын

Maybe pirlo, Not scholes

@yxngkillua7700

11 ай бұрын

@@usmanelebute.a5866scholes is not even as good as Gerrard or Lampard

And he did exactly that,the catalyst for our success..King#42

He started as a defender in the Champions League final 2009 against Manchester United, which we won, if only he stopped complaining all the time, as a football player you have to play wherever the coach needs you to, and that's the end of the story.

@matteuspittmann2720

11 ай бұрын

Well he had a way better career since he left for city than he would’ve at Barca. As a professional you’re allowed to go where they’ll appreciate you

@JO_Artificial

11 ай бұрын

If he didn't complain, he'd have a miserable defenders career in Barcelona.

@georgemala4046

3 ай бұрын

It is no fair to the player to play them anywhere just because you are the coach

I remember at the time thinking how strange it was for a guy who started a champion league final as a cb ( while normally playing as a cm) would go on to play as a attacking midfielder like Lampard did. But then it made sense when I saw him making runs , dribbles and scoring more goals, I thought why didn’t he play there sooner?

I still think he is city greatest player till date..

One of the best ever to play in PL

A legend of the club...surprised how Silva and Aguero are being eulogized more than this guy

@madeinengland9488

11 ай бұрын

Silva is our greatest ever player and Sergio is just Sergio 🤷‍♂️

@cosmic_chaos28

11 ай бұрын

@@madeinengland9488 without yaya man city and Silva ain’t shyt just like without gardiola Silva wouldn’t have won all that trophy

@infintelyevolving4937

11 ай бұрын

I agree. I personally feel that the only city player that you can say is better than Yaya Toure is KDB. Yaya Toure was unstoppable in his prime; an absolute unit that could take it from one end of the pitch to the other.

@cosmic_chaos28

11 ай бұрын

@@infintelyevolving4937 as much as I might want to agree with you, as much as great kdb is with the ball, on the ball there are still something’s yaya toure can do with the ball some pin point passes and I mean a lil few passes I don’t see kdb executing! Yaya is a rare beast u just don’t understand! He was mentored by Rivaldo

Yaya we as City fans miss you very much

Down to heart Yaya

People are so quick to call Debruyne the best prem midfielder ever and he's definitely up there. But I'd argue Yaya offered more threats than Debruyne, at least arguably. Debruyne might be a better passer than him. But Yaya could go past people like a world class winger, keep the ball under pressure as well as anyone, score from long range like Gerrard, and bully other midfielders like Viera. This guy is the epitome of criminally underrated.

We appreciate U 🙏 thanks for everything u did for us all those amazing Freekicks long shot gaols 😘💙💙💙

One of the most underrated players in history of PL, way better than lampard/scholes/gerrard ever was

@martinarthur8928

11 ай бұрын

Naaah....Shcoles was the G.O.A.T

@treyyg-rt5kz

11 ай бұрын

@@martinarthur8928 scholes was benched in big games, had poor g/a stats

@joshfewtrell7109

4 ай бұрын

@@treyyg-rt5kzstats aren’t everything modric has less than 70 assists in his whole career and he’s a ballondor winner

@treyyg-rt5kz

4 ай бұрын

@@joshfewtrell7109 modric turns up in big games for club and country which scholes failed to do

@joshfewtrell7109

4 ай бұрын

@@treyyg-rt5kz for country I’ll give you that

What a player and deserve to be in epl hall of fame.. Saf even mention him in his first book on how to stop him.. boy Yaya could play and take a free kick

legendary player ❤

Magnificent player!

He is considered a top player but still underrated. That guy could do anything.

One of africas most wanted ❤

yayanese at its finest. Greatest City midfielder always liked him since he played for my boyhood club Olympiacos

He was mustard, what a player!

The great Yaya Toure 🔥

Mad respect for Yaya toure

Best midfielder to ever play the game.

Too short

What a player! But birthdaygate was embarrassing.

City fans still sing about him now. Nuff said.

GRANDÍSIMO Toure Yaya 👏🏽

It’s not personal pep does this with all the players

Yaya, Yaya, Yaya, Yaya, Yaya, Yaya, Yaya Touré!

Guardiola used to give goalscoring tips to " Samuel Eto" 💀

Nice to see nzakuani!

If he was French or Brazilian U would have put him in the tiers of Viera and Zidane Prolly better than em

@yabannamba7678

11 ай бұрын

they are world champions. Toure hasnt even won afcon

@GobbettTheGamer

11 ай бұрын

@@yabannamba7678toure isn’t his nation

@yabannamba7678

11 ай бұрын

Zidane literally won them the trophy. Just a different class @@GobbettTheGamer

@GobbettTheGamer

11 ай бұрын

@@yabannamba7678 so none of the other french players scored assisted or made saves?

@yabannamba7678

11 ай бұрын

@@GobbettTheGamer it still shows zidane is just a galactico and toure just isnt

My 🐐

Him,silva,aguero and Vinny will forever be big part of the city's history

What a Legend Yaya Touré 😎✨⚽👑 Guardiola never deserved a brilliant player like you

I'm too young to have watched him properly. Was he better than David Silva?

@namer6914

11 ай бұрын

He was in his mannny good days, A MOUNTSER, UNPLAYABLE MOUNTSER.

@thebbiddim882

11 ай бұрын

One of the best box to box midfielders in the world in his prime. Different role than Silva. Silva was amazing too.

@tomhickson8313

11 ай бұрын

Never got to the bottom of the birthday cake business ???

@alexrn416

11 ай бұрын

Different types of midfielders. Yaya's 2013-14 might be one of the best individual performances from a midfielder in prem history.

100 years and he'd still be asked this question. Controversy sells

Pep have something for Africans but good on him. We love you Yahya

Yaya blue 💙

Legend

Those days Fergie was not recruiting good players. Him and the Glazers lied to fans about quality in the market (Yet other teams signed Yaya, Silva, Aguero, Benzema, Ozil, Hazard etc) Imagine if they'd gone for any of these players instead of Valencia, Obertan, Bebe and the likes

Midfield BOSS

Midfield Maestro

You want play higher on the pitch with Xavi and Iniesta in front of you😂😂

Bro, it's Xavi and Iniesta

Jude Bellingham style is Simla to how yaya you’re played under mancini

Wenger turned this guy down. These managers are not much better than us. They’re very lucky

Yaya, Eto'o, Zlatan, Cancelo, Hleb, Fabregas, Etc... The man is poison

You simply don't wanna listen to instructions...

💙💙💙

Yaya gave a politician's answer

Remember when Toure signed for Man City from Barcelona when City were nowhere and Barca were the best team in the World... and he tried to say his move was "nothing to do with the money" even though his wage was like 200k a week 😂 Mate, just be honest. It was only about the money.

If you actually deep it youu can understand why he thinks Pep has it out for him. At Barcelona he was even playing as a cb. As soon as he goes City he gets freedom to show his complete game. As soon as Pep comes City he minimises his role again

@vespasiancloscan7077

11 ай бұрын

He only played as a CB in the final because of squad suspensions/injuries.

@TheDiegoo17

11 ай бұрын

@vespasiancloscan7077 the biggest game of his career agajnst a on fire united team with Cristiano ronaldo, he played at CB that's how great he is.

@vespasiancloscan7077

11 ай бұрын

@@TheDiegoo17 agreed, but then why pretend there was a pattern of Pep playing him out of position? He played him as a CDM because Xavi and Iniesta were simply better CMs, and he played him as a CB once because Alves was suspended so Puyol had to be the RB.

@cosmic_chaos28

11 ай бұрын

@@vespasiancloscan7077 xavi and iniesta are not on yaya toure level they are just Spanish playing in a Spanish league so that position automatically became theirs not because they were better than yaya

@vespasiancloscan7077

11 ай бұрын

@@cosmic_chaos28 😂ok

There are many players don't follow the mangers orders

For sure better than busquets . For sure coachable . Pep can be the goat but he got it all wrong with the amazing yaya.

❤️❤️❤️🤴🏿

The curse didn't work 😂

I Wish he was under Jose Morihno

I wanna hear about the Champions league juju he put on Pep 🤣

Pep is goat .. 🙌🏻

Yaya, how about the cake incident. What happened 😂

Unplayable at times

Pick any player you can think of him, clone him until you have a team and watch them get smashed by 11 Yayas

Yaya is not a no.10, Pep was right.

Bro just wanted some cake...

You are still on this matter? Move on!

We all know Guardiola is ….

Yaya yaya yaya yaya yaya yaya toure

Etoo, Zlatan, Toure, all legendary players that Guardiola has annoyed😅....notice how few players say anything bad about Mourinho

@koinutachi

10 ай бұрын

And yet, it is Pep who is collecting titles. I would rather have the players annoyed.

The trend of African players leaving when pep comes in is something to talk about. Yaya and Eto were it top form before him.

@Amn09888

11 ай бұрын

Pep is racist to wards african i hate him Yaya toure benatia Eto mehrez keita...

@Joeonline26

11 ай бұрын

You're inventing things that don't exist. If Pep thinks they're not good enough at the time, then they're moved on. Nothing to do with country or race

@kindness765

11 ай бұрын

​@@Amn09888Deluded 😂..

@vespasiancloscan7077

11 ай бұрын

@@Amn09888wtf did Pep do to Keita or Mahrez?

@vespasiancloscan7077

11 ай бұрын

Yaya had a further 47 appearences after Pep went to City and left as a 35 year old, what are you talking about?

Busquets was so good he just pushed him out of the team, simple as that

I suppose what really complicated the relationship was the false accusation of Pep being racist. Hey ho

@dre7413

11 ай бұрын

And you know it to be false how??

@brandonmasters8996

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@dre7413Because Toure apologised for doing so. This right here is the problem with false accusation......people believe it to be true.

@jermaine8737

11 ай бұрын

@@brandonmasters8996ah and just because he apologised, does not mean it was false does it. With powerful & connected people you end up apologising sometimes for an easier life.

@brandonmasters8996

11 ай бұрын

@@jermaine8737 No he apologised and stated he had lied. How would an easier life be obtained in this circumstance? "This one was wrong. I want to apologise for what happened. I want to apologise for doing something wrong." YaYa Toure April 2021

@jdaking7648

11 ай бұрын

​@@brandonmasters8996is yaya the only one that has raised those accusations about Pep?

all that " I wanted PL" " I wanted to leave for a new challenge" blablablablabla said just to hide the pain of being replaced by the genius BUSQUETS.

He’s almost impossible to understand 😂

terrible speaker imo

that African pride will be be your downfall my guy you could have been even better than what you were if you just look at what pep turned his midfielders

@tjfootball1908

11 ай бұрын

Pep doesn't just like the guy...... Nothing to do with African pride.... Quit defending a racist

@G.G.C.

11 ай бұрын

Nonsense. He should have accepted being a reserve? Smh.

Pep is a racist he has so much hate on black footballers

@ragnarok283

11 ай бұрын

Great

Pep always have a probley with the African players And the last one is mahrez , the player give everything to the club and look last year almost no match in the championsleague I think pep inside so racist with black African players !

@kshitijshrey

11 ай бұрын

You're Wrong. Grow Up.

@crazylizard1889

11 ай бұрын

Yes, Mahrez: the famous BLACK player.

@Crazytwist007

11 ай бұрын

Pep has problems with lots of players because it's his way or the highway. Jao Cancelo, Zlatan, ...

@serioussam2071

11 ай бұрын

@@Crazytwist007 Both examples you gave are the players having excessive ego and temper against the Manager. Both of these players didn't understand that Manager is the boss and he is held accountable for team. Zlatan created his own narrative and refused to play as the Manager asked. Look at him played till 40 won leagues everywhere but never won the Champions League. So pep was right in siding with messi and leaving the problematic player out. Cancelo is another case. How many clubs has cancelo changed now? He never stays at any club and he has attitude problem. Does not play as asked? Kept overlapping and playing as Left winger while leaving defence open and not letting Greilish to play his game. If he played this year , City would have won maybe only F.A cup. City will be selling him and every city fan want him out after training ground antics.

@Amn09888

11 ай бұрын

Pep is racist to african players yaya Eto benatia keita mehrez .. i hate him

Dude whined because Pep did not play him as you wanted, no other reason.

Guardiola seems a bit racist and Muslim hater from the onset. Plus he doesn’t like alpha men around him because he feels them overpowering his charisma/grip on the team

@ragnarok283

11 ай бұрын

Great. I like him even more now.

@joeykhan4703

11 ай бұрын

@@ragnarok283cry more racist bum