Yaya toure leaving?!!!!??!!

[ross.mcfc]

I feel a chant will come out of all this.

Happy Birthday song every time he scores?

[Nigels Tackle]

I feel a chant will come out of all this.

to stevie wonder's "happy birthday" perhaps?

talking of stevie wonder, have you ever seen his wife?

[blues2win]

Didn't hear Seluk's rantings on Sky but it seems he's furious Yaya contradicted him and is now claiming some of the tweets didn't come from Yaya to justify himself. References to a lack of flowers to his family. Good grief. The two of them are making laughing stocks of themselves. Important the club keeps its dignity in this situation. Toure really should make a proper statement not after the World Cup but now.

[Blue Since 76]

Didn't hear Seluk's rantings on Sky but it seems he's furious Yaya contradicted him and is now claiming some of the tweets didn't come from Yaya to justify himself. References to a lack of flowers to his family. Good grief. The two of them are making laughing stocks of themselves. Important the club keeps its dignity in this situation. Toure really should make a proper statement not after the World Cup but now.

There are times I wish we were back in the third tier with a bunch of honest journeymen

[saulman]

I feel a chant will come out of all this.

Happy Birthday song every time he scores?

Was just going to say the same...

[carl_feedthegoat]

I feel a chant will come out of all this.

to stevie wonder's "happy birthday" perhaps?

talking of stevie wonder, have you ever seen his wife?

Has he ever seen his wife?

[blues2win]

It's perfectly possible none of the tweets came from Yaya. The first two could have come from a pr guy to calm things down and then Seluk exploded and tweeted the next two himself. We just don't know who has access to his twitter account. What he does have is a complete nutter who at least claims to be his agent. Yaya really should make things plain in a proper public way. He complained about a lack of respect for African players but complaining about birthdays and flowers takes things to a different level. If the agent thinks anyone's going to pay Toure Messi level wages he's kidding himself. He gets what 220,000 a week. Enough to make you crash your car or at least tweet in fury.

[MilnersJaw]

if it is the slightest bit true, yaya can fuck off. we can cash in now and get a real defensive midfielder.

[aaron bond]

I think Toure's tweets prove there is a story there.

Their confirmed source was his agent speaking to The Sun. It was bollox that they'd investigate first. The days of decent journalism are gone - you either report rumour now or come out with a confirmed story once everyone has lost interest

That's not true regarding the BBC's source. When they first published the article about Yaya, they quoted the agent and stated they'd spoken to him.

As Ross said, compared to other websites, the BBC generally only reports a story if they have source and they consign the rumours into their gossip section.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

Quite frankly, if he's in agreement with what his agent said, then he can fuck off. To come out publicly and complain that your employer didn't wish you happy birthday is pathetic.

Put in a transfer request, find someone willing to pay £40m (£60m if an English club) and go to someone who'll brown nose you.

My favourite player since Colin Bell. But if true, cheerio.

[PeterParker]

Well fuck me:

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[edge275]

If Toure fucked off it wouldn't benefit anyone but his agent.

I can't see another club paying the same or more money than we do on top of a transfer fee for a 31 year old.

He has just won 2 trophies and had his best season ever under Pellegrini. I can't see him playing better football personally for anyone else. I can't see him scoring 20 goals again at Barcelona.

But Toure has now said that his agent or whoever he is, speaks the truth. I have a feeling Toure may be thick and is simply being poisoned in his ear.

[aaron bond]

if it is the slightest bit true, yaya can fuck off. we can cash in now and get a real defensive midfielder.

So we get rid of one our main attacking threats and replace him with a defensive midfielder???

Great logic!

Regardless of whether Yaya leaves, it's a good thing you're not in charge of transfer policy!

[Dameerto]

I hope Yaya's statement after the world cup is "I binned that mouthy tosser sorry for all the fuss."

[blues2win]

The trouble is this source is a nutter with form as long as your arm. Yaya has repeatedly made statements and taken actions contradicting him. I don't think a story based on Seluk's rantings justified the prominence of the coverage. We still have no idea of Yaya's views because we don't know who tweeted what tweet. Yaya really should make himself clear straightaway. I imagine the club are urging him to do so as we speak.

[MilnersJaw]

Well fuck me:

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is this a joke? he can't even string a sentence together.

if it is the slightest bit true, yaya can fuck off. we can cash in now and get a real defensive midfielder.

So we get rid of one our main attacking threats and replace him with a defensive midfielder???

Great logic!

Regardless of whether Yaya leaves, it's a good thing you're not in charge of transfer policy!

well a real defensive midfielder is somewhere we are lacking tbh. yaya gets told to sit deep sometimes and do a 'job', especially last season. so you're saying we couldn't get another attacking mid or even push ferd up abit?

yaya is yaya, probably irreplaceable, but when he is doing a defensive job, he is shite.

think before you speak.

[ruralblue]

Should have got him an iced finger with a single candle stuck in it from Greggs!

Jesus its silly season already. Will slow a bit in next couple of weeks as world cup approaches.

[aaron bond]

if it is the slightest bit true, yaya can fuck off. we can cash in now and get a real defensive midfielder.

So we get rid of one our main attacking threats and replace him with a defensive midfielder???

Great logic!

Regardless of whether Yaya leaves, it's a good thing you're not in charge of transfer policy!

well a real defensive midfielder is somewhere we are lacking tbh. yaya gets told to sit deep sometimes and do a 'job', especially last season. so you're saying we couldn't get another attacking mid or even push ferd up abit?

yaya is yaya, probably irreplaceable, but when he is doing a defensive job, he is shite.

think before you speak.

Where did I say we couldn't get another attacking midfielder??? YOU said we can cash in on Yaya and get a real defensive midfielder. Yet Yaya has NEVER been a defensive midfielder for us! He scored 20+ goals last season.

And you told me to 'think before I speak'.

You're really settling in well as the new paulmclaren on this board. Keep up the good work!

[Original Dub]

So he is "making a statement after the world cup"?

I fall out of love with football at times like this.

[Hutch's Shoulder]

I'm as unconvinced and unconcerned by this story as I was by the Milner one yesterday. Shall we have a sweepstake about who it will be tomorrow? Vinnie maybe?