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"I see him as a snake, not a human."
'Man City Legend'Yaya Toure (42) reignited rumors of discord with Pep Guardiola by shooting openly. Touré appeared on the YouTube channel ZACK on the 5th (Korea time) and introduced his wife's cruel criticism toward Guardiola and uncomfortable relationship, saying, `He treated me like dust.'
Touré and Guardiola's love affair dates back to 2010. The feud began when Guardiola, the Barcelona head coach at the time, pushed out Yaya Toure, the main midfielder, and used Sergio Busquets from Team B. Guardiola's ruthless sale of Toure to Manchester City
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A cold relationship followed. Guardiola decided at the time that Busquets was more suitable as a holding midfielder for his legendary 4-3-3 system. In his final season at Camp Nou, Toure made only nine appearances, and after that, he played brilliantly for eight years at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester City.
Toure appeared on the ZACK YouTube channel and compared Guardiola to 'Bam'. "I see him as a snake, not a man." "At that time, Guardiola called me and said 'I have to come back. It's an important thing, so' said my wife to me at the time. 'Are you going to hear such nonsense? He treated you like garbage, now he wants you to stay. But are you going to stay, too? Let's just go to Manchester.'"
Toure then said "The coach didn't use me all year, but at the end of the year he took me to Barcelona when I shone at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. The wife said of the director 'He's not even a man, he's a villain' His wife saw him as a negative person.'
Despite his hostile relationship with Guardiola, Toure continued his stellar career at Barcelona and Man City. He won three Premier League titles, two La Liga titles, one European Champions League title and five domestic Cup titles, won the Africa Player of the Year award for four consecutive seasons between 2011 and 2014, and also lifted the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015. Toure and Guardiola's bad relationship continued in Manchester City. In 2016, Guardiola reunited with Manchester City at the helm, but Guardiola demoted Toure back to a minor role, and eventually, Toure's agent Dimitri Seluk publicly criticized the coach. Seluk later apologized for the comments, but it did little for Guardiola to give Toure a second chance, and Toure eventually left Manchester City in May 2018.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
