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If Yaya Touré is leaving this season Manchester City, the curtain falls on a wonderful for the club and the players time.
As the former CEO Garry Cook eastern Ivory Coast Manchester for £ 24 million in 2010, the city is still moving the label as underperforming.
It was won two years of ownership of Sheikh Mansour, but nothing. City team had improved, but lacked the spark needed a winning mentality, to create a world-class player with the drive and leadership qualities that could provide the winning parties.
Toure arrival was the catalyst for a period of great success. City won the FA Cup in 2011, a 35-year wait for a large piece of cutlery ends before a Premier League triumph 12 months later he saw their first title in 44 years to win. Since then, the final of the FA Cup, and more championship Cups followed an uppercase. Toure was in the middle of everything.
And not their objectives and powers of the great party that made the difference. Toure, in four years of 2010 to 2014, was probably the best midfielder in Europe. Who else could its unique blend of attributes match? Power, speed, ability to beat players, what is happening to achieve the objectives and so brought incredible precision on the side.
No other player in the team of the city can match his record of big game. His winner was perhaps the most important in the 1-0 win over Manchester United in the semi-finals of the FA Cup in the year 2011th On this day, the supporters of the city's decision Mansour began to believe was the real deal, the club could leave their past behind and become a force in English football.
PAUL ELLIS / Getty Images He followed by the last few weeks of the flag at Old Trafford Mock City to win observatory was demolished for a trophy. Two goals in the penultimate game of the next season Newcastle United were crucial to win the title of Roberto Mancini.
His bender 30 meters in the 2014 League Cup city back in the game. He scored seven of the last nine games of the season advance 2013/14 title win objectives of the city, which were crucial for the Blues Liverpool.
Also this season, is with his powers in decline, accessibility to score until the winning goal at Wembley in the final of the League Cup against Liverpool, the man for the big occasion.
Alex Livesey / Getty Images It is an enviable. Few players reach the level of influence. the club was brought His mandate as he to Barcelona win trophies to help. to deliver Talk insistence.
But the time feels good to be outside. At 33, he can not longer control the game as before. There are times, which shows that it is still able to influence, but the days of the two parties are able to play are over.
Inter Milan are known admirers and could a train soon, with coach Mancini course to make interested in meeting.
"The coach knows very well and is a champion, but it is too early to tell," he said the vice president Javier Zanetti Inter Mediaset (via ESPN FC). "First we need to know what we want to do. It will be a busy summer working for the whole club."
ADRIAN DENNIS / Getty Images It is a move that would make sense. The Italian league is slower and less physically demanding. Vision and Toure step drawing him in Serie A
If this is the case, it is largely underestimated. For some reason, Toure is not generally recognized, despite the gloss for a longer period. Perhaps the greatest midfielders in the Premier League era, often overlooked when experts discuss the best.
His agent was an annoying distraction, and suffered the Ivory Coast has probably decreased. But make no mistake: Yaya Toure is a legend of the city of Manchester.
Rob Pollard is the corresponding line Bleacher Report Manchester City and follows the Manchester based club over the 2015/16 season. All quotes are obtained firsthand unless otherwise indicated. Follow - on Twitter @RobPollard_.
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