THE IVORIAN WAS AN EXAMPLE OF INTEGRATION AT BARÇA Yaya Touré, Man Citys very own Catalan Of all the overseas players that have passed through Barcelona, Yaya Touré is possibly the one that adapted best to the Catalan Giants complicated idiosyncrasy, something that earned him a well-deserved place in fans hearts. Three Seasons were enough for him to fully adapt to the Catalan Capital, its language and its lifestyle. So much so, that he even gives interviews in Catalan and says that he will never play for Real Madrid. I tell my family that Im Catalan, the Ivorian has said more than once. Touré also owns a collection of books in Catalan so that he doesnt lose his fluency and has admitted that the TV in his Manchester home is tuned into two Catalan TV channels. One is a news channel, TV3, and the other is a sports channel which I often watch, the midfielder revealed. He has always shown Barcelona and their fans the utmost respect, and made it very clear that his departure, aside from receiving a significant pay rise, was to avoid having to compete with Sergio Busquets for a place in Barças starting XI, something he had already lost. He is now set to make his return to the Camp Nou and has said that no matter what happens Ill never celebrate scoring a goal in that stadium. He even admitted that I never for one moment considered joining Real Madrid. Ill always be a Barça fan. Its going to be tough playing at the Camp Nou, but we hope to hurt Barça from set pieces as our players are somewhat taller, he said.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 05:29:10 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015