It is rarely seen in English soccer that any side is showing an importance for a player who has crossed thirty years of age. But 31-year-old Manchester City’s Ivory Cost international Yaya Toure is different in many ways. First, City is showing no sign of trying to get rid off him and second, the player has committed himself by saying through his agent that he wants to remain with league defenders for the rest of his life. Moreover, City manager Pellegrini has also welcomed the loyalty shown by the Toure and commended his statement. Notably, Toure’s future has been in dark after his recent statement that he could leave the Manchester and reason, as reported by media, was that player is not happy with the way team boss is treating him including ignoring his birthday. After knowing the latest commitment by the 31-year-old Pellegrini is way too happy and said, “That means that Yaya’s very happy here. He’s a player who has a lot of criticism this year, always thinking that he wants to go but what you are telling me is just the opposite. He’s very happy here, he’s an important player for us so we will see what will happen in the future.”
Like any experienced pro, 61-year-old Chilean as well added about his captain Vincent Kompany who faced lots of criticisms for the first goal in the defeat to Barcelona in the Championship League. He said, “Vincent is an experienced player with a strong character. He must receive the criticism that everyone receives when our team doesn’t have the performance that everyone hopes for. I think it’s not a problem for him, I am sure that he will have a strong reaction. He is a great player.”
At the time when everyone is talking about Kompany’s miss, how is it possible he does no talk about former Liverpool starlet Luis Suarez who scored both the goals against them. He said, “Of course, Liverpool miss him. For any team to lose Luis Suarez is important. Maybe the performance of Luis Suarez in the last year was incredible and you always need a player with that. But the big teams have a lot of other players in the squad.”
Overall, City manager tries to answer all the burning issues surrounding the league giants and if he has any surprise for the fans in upcoming games. Anyways, fans always expect their side to come back in the league irrespective of what they did in UEFA tourney and we also want them to remain a giant on English soil – at least!