Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola expresses indifference towards Yaya Toure’s claims about being ignored
According to reports, Pep Guardiola has reacted towards recent claims made by Manchester City’s Yaya Toure about leaving Barcelona due to being ignored. The the Ivory Coast international recently revealed his displeasure at the way he departed from his former
club.
Toure was very vocal in expressing his opinion about how he felt ignored and went ahead to blame http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 head coach Pep Guardiola for this mistreatment. While talking to ONA FM, the 28-year old was quoted as saying:
"He pretty much ignored me until City's offer came in. That's why I eventually opted to leave. I didn't speak to Guardiola for a year, If he had talked to me I would have stayed at Barcelona. I wanted to end my career at Barcelona. However, he had no faith
in me. I wanted to stay put, but he didn't want me to stay."
Reports suggest that the Barcelona boss was quick to respond to these allegations and openly denied the claims made by the former Barcelona player. Guardiola made an attempt at making it abundantly lucid that he had never ignored a player.
While talking to AS, the Spanish mentor stated:
"There's not much to say about this matter. I talk to anyone and the doors to my office and house are always open for the players, The truth is that he asked [club president Joan] Laporta to leave. We even tried to convince him to stay put. I will speak
to him the next time we meet."
Yaya Toure was transferred to English Premier League side Manchester City in the summer of 2010. The signing was reported to have taken place for an amount of around 28 million Euros.
It was also reported that the Cote d’Ivorian international was not whole-heartedly interested in making a move to Manchester City. However, the unsatisfactory amount he was allowed on the pitch and the lucrative offer made by the cash-rich Citizens convinced
him otherwise.
Before moving to City, Yaya Toure made 74 appearances for the Champions League title holders. He has been able to make a very good impact at his new club.
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