Yaya Toure reignites feud with 'snake' Pep Guardiola in unbelievable rant
View 2 PhotosYaya Toure has reignited his bitter feud with Pep Guardiola, with the Manchester Metropolis favorite branding his former supervisor "a snake" in an explosive interview.
Toure, 42, has beforehand been outspoken about his frosty relationship with Guardiola, who coached him at each Barcelona and Manchester Metropolis. The midfielder left the Nou Camp so as to be a part of Metropolis within the Premier League again in 2010, albeit he was reunited with Guardiola when the Catalan coach took the highest job at The Etihad six years later.
Having struggled for normal begins throughout his ultimate two years at Metropolis, Toure went on to accuse Guardiola of getting 'issues with Africans' after his departure from the membership, although he claims he was misquoted and later wrote to the Manchester Metropolis supervisor to apologise.
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However Toure has re-opened previous wounds together with his newest assault on Guardiola throughout an look on the ZACK YouTube channel.
“I don't see a person, I see a snake,” he mentioned whereas recounting his expertise of enjoying beneath Guardiola in Spain. “The Barcelona coach calls me again then and says, 'You must come again, it's essential.' My spouse says to me, 'Are you going to take heed to that nonsense? He handled you want dust, and now he desires you to remain, and also you're going to remain? Let's go to Manchester, my brother'.
View 2 Photos“The man didn't play me all yr, and on the finish of the yr, I shine on the World Cup [in 2010], and he brings me to Barcelona. My spouse would inform me about him. 'Sheytan, he's not a person, he's depraved.' She sees him as a detrimental particular person.”
Since becoming a member of Manchester Metropolis in 2016, Guardiola has received six Premier League titles and the Champions League. Toure performed beneath him for these first two Premier League triumphs earlier than shifting on in the summertime of 2018.
Toure's explosive feedback come three-and-a-half years after he expressed a want to finish his long-running feud with Guardiola, who typically selected to play Sergio Busquets forward of the midfielder at Barcelona.
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Talking in an interview with The Occasions in 2022 he mentioned of Guardiola: “I want to see him. I might be delighted. I would like to speak to individuals who have a ardour for soccer. I haven’t been in contact with him as a result of I don’t have his quantity.”
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