@@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.
@@cityslacker6221lmao that’s like sayin R9 or R10 can’t be great either. Irrespective of the timeline, it’s all about the impact on the sport. Separately I think he’s one of the best midfielders the PL has seen. He could go into any team.
@@1duhfull 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
@@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.
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💙
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
@@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
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 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.
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.
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
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
@@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.
@@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
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
@@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.
@@OG-Macho 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
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
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 !
@@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.
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
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Best midfielder in the world for 18 months - he was fantastic.
If he was French or Brazilian
U would have put him in the tiers of Viera and Zidane
Prolly better than em
@@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.
@@mashbillimaybe and that's a big maybe better than viera but definitely not Zidane tho
@@ghettablkgffb zidane couldn’t defend
Yaya more complete
Guardiola had him at center back
@@cityslacker6221lmao that’s like sayin R9 or R10 can’t be great either. Irrespective of the timeline, it’s all about the impact on the sport. Separately I think he’s one of the best midfielders the PL has seen. He could go into any team.
One of the best mids to ever play in the premier league, his prime no one could touch him
Patrick Vieira
@@michaeljohnson-thiman4975toure was better than scholes/gerrard/lampard
Scholes says hi. He was the best MF for 18 months. Scholes was that for years
@@1duhfull 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
@@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.
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💙
I didn't know this, now I do and I am glad
Criminally underrated.
Not at all, literally everyone rates him?
Pep destroyed his career because he could have ended his career well but alas
I see what you did there you racist
@@nawa240 how tf did Pep destroy his career?
@@nawa240not really lol
We miss you yaya 💙💙💙💙
I’m not
@@BoaabiWhy
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.
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.
Pep is a racist and that is being nice
@@eaganadams3314 You people are hysterical. Thinking Pep is racist is the dumbest and randomest thing.
He doesn't like big personalities. he was bullied probably as player. Manuel Petit said something about him during their playing time in barcelona
@@eaganadams3314zlatan ain’t black..
@@eaganadams3314 great
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.
The title of the video didn't reflect in it. The complicated relationship was not explained
I'm happy he hit his prime in the prem for the world to see.
Not only a magnificent footballer but also a fantastic personality. Mohamed Ali in boxing. Maradona & Yaya in football. Best wishes
He was a great midfielder but that comment is WILD. hahahaha
Loool. Putting him next to Maradona is like putting Anthony Joshua next to Ali.
@@sighfly2928 It’s like calling him the Michael Jordan of football. Absolutely wild take, as great as Yaya was.
The Man City Yaya was a ballon d'or player . If you didn't saw it you really missed something
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?
We love you yaya one of the greatest african players. Thank you Yaya
What a player. PL all timer/great imo
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.
Legend 🙏🏾❤️ we love you so much my brother and thank you for your great service to the Premier League. You were simply the best!
He is considered a top player but still underrated. That guy could do anything.
Yaya is what Pogba wanted to be
What Pogba should have been. So talented
Yaya would swap all of his trophies for Pogba's world cup. World Cup overwrites it all
@@mackovo6Right, when is Ivory Coast winning the World Cup? Dumb comparison
One of the most underrated players in history of PL, way better than lampard/scholes/gerrard ever was
Naaah....Shcoles was the G.O.A.T
@@martinarthur8928 scholes was benched in big games, had poor g/a stats
@@treyyg-rt5kzstats aren’t everything modric has less than 70 assists in his whole career and he’s a ballondor winner
@@joshfewtrell7109 modric turns up in big games for club and country which scholes failed to do
@@treyyg-rt5kz for country I’ll give you that
A proper city legend. Love the bloke!!
And he did exactly that,the catalyst for our success..King#42
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.
A legend of the club...surprised how Silva and Aguero are being eulogized more than this guy
Silva is our greatest ever player and Sergio is just Sergio 🤷♂️
@@madeinengland9488 without yaya man city and Silva ain’t shyt just like without gardiola Silva wouldn’t have won all that trophy
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.
@@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
I still think he is city greatest player till date..
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.
they were better than Pirlo and Scholes too.
@@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.
Zidane / Nedved 👀
Maybe pirlo, Not scholes
@@usmanelebute.a5866scholes is not even as good as Gerrard or Lampard
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.
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
If he didn't complain, he'd have a miserable defenders career in Barcelona.
It is no fair to the player to play them anywhere just because you are the coach
Yaya, Eto'o, Zlatan, Cancelo, Hleb, Fabregas, Etc...
The man is poison
There is 1000s of footballers who come up everyday..
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
We appreciate U 🙏 thanks for everything u did for us all those amazing Freekicks long shot gaols 😘💙💙💙
yayanese at its finest. Greatest City midfielder always liked him since he played for my boyhood club Olympiacos
If he was French or Brazilian
U would have put him in the tiers of Viera and Zidane
Prolly better than em
they are world champions. Toure hasnt even won afcon
@@yabannamba7678toure isn’t his nation
Zidane literally won them the trophy. Just a different class @@GobbettTheGamer
@@yabannamba7678 so none of the other french players scored assisted or made saves?
@@GobbettTheGamer it still shows zidane is just a galactico and toure just isnt
One of the best ever to play in PL
Best midfielder to ever play the game.
It’s not personal pep does this with all the players
legendary player ❤
City fans still sing about him now. Nuff said.
Mad respect for Yaya toure
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.
He was mustard, what a player!
I'm too young to have watched him properly. Was he better than David Silva?
He was in his mannny good days, A MOUNTSER, UNPLAYABLE MOUNTSER.
One of the best box to box midfielders in the world in his prime. Different role than Silva. Silva was amazing too.
Never got to the bottom of the birthday cake business ???
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
Too short
Down to heart Yaya
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
He only played as a CB in the final because of squad suspensions/injuries.
@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.
@@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.
@@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
@@cosmic_chaos28 😂ok
Pep have something for Africans but good on him. We love you Yahya
Guardiola used to give goalscoring tips to " Samuel Eto" 💀
Wenger turned this guy down. These managers are not much better than us. They’re very lucky
The great Yaya Toure 🔥
Yaya,
Yaya, Yaya,
Yaya, Yaya,
Yaya, Yaya Touré!
You want play higher on the pitch with Xavi and Iniesta in front of you😂😂
What a player! But birthdaygate was embarrassing.
One of africas most wanted ❤
Him,silva,aguero and Vinny will forever be big part of the city's history
Bro, it's Xavi and Iniesta
GRANDÍSIMO Toure Yaya 👏🏽
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
Chicharito turned out to be a good signing. Not a superstar, but he’d scored crucial goals and had a hard work rate.
@@L3ONARDO07 can you compare him with the listed players, no
Jude Bellingham style is Simla to how yaya you’re played under mancini
You simply don't wanna listen to instructions...
Yaya gave a politician's answer
Nice to see nzakuani!
For sure better than busquets .
For sure coachable .
Pep can be the goat but he got it all wrong with the amazing yaya.
Midfield Maestro
Magnificent player!
There are many players don't follow the mangers orders
What a Legend Yaya Touré 😎✨⚽👑 Guardiola never deserved a brilliant player like you
Pick any player you can think of him, clone him until you have a team and watch them get smashed by 11 Yayas
My 🐐
Yaya blue 💙
❤️❤️❤️🤴🏿
The curse didn't work 😂
💙💙💙
I Wish he was under Jose Morihno
Legend
Yaya is not a no.10, Pep was right.
Bro just wanted some cake...
I wanna hear about the Champions league juju he put on Pep 🤣
Yaya, how about the cake incident. What happened 😂
Midfield BOSS
He’s almost impossible to understand 😂
Unplayable at times
You are still on this matter? Move on!
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.
We all know Guardiola is ….
Pep is goat ..
🙌🏻
I suppose what really complicated the relationship was the false accusation of Pep being racist. Hey ho
And you know it to be false how??
@@dre7413Because Toure apologised for doing so. This right here is the problem with false accusation......people believe it to be true.
@@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.
@@OG-Macho 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
@@brandonmasters8996is yaya the only one that has raised those accusations about Pep?
Busquets was so good he just pushed him out of the team, simple as that
The trend of African players leaving when pep comes in is something to talk about. Yaya and Eto were it top form before him.
Pep is racist to wards african i hate him
Yaya toure benatia Eto mehrez keita...
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
@@A...A09888Deluded 😂..
@@A...A09888wtf did Pep do to Keita or Mahrez?
Yaya had a further 47 appearences after Pep went to City and left as a 35 year old, what are you talking about?
terrible speaker imo
Etoo, Zlatan, Toure, all legendary players that Guardiola has annoyed😅....notice how few players say anything bad about Mourinho
And yet, it is Pep who is collecting titles. I would rather have the players annoyed.
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
Pep doesn't just like the guy...... Nothing to do with African pride....
Quit defending a racist
Nonsense. He should have accepted being a reserve? Smh.
Pep is a racist he has so much hate on black footballers
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 !
You're Wrong. Grow Up.
Yes, Mahrez: the famous BLACK player.
Pep has problems with lots of players because it's his way or the highway. Jao Cancelo, Zlatan, ...
@@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.
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
Great. I like him even more now.
@@ragnarok283cry more racist bum