Everybody knows that racism plays a decisive role in every player’s career, especially if he does not belong to top soccer playing nations like Brazil, Europe, or North America. It is proved again when a City midfielder blamed social treatment given to his African teammate despite proving his worth again and again for the league club. French footballer Samir Nasri has come in support of 30-year-old center back Yaya Toure and called him one of the best center back who did never get the recognition he deserves because he is an African. Both Nasri and Toure came into the media headlines when they scored for City in the Capital One Cup final on Sunday. According to French international, Toure has been a proving starlet who has long been showing his finest ball holding skills; in fact he has also won best African Player of the year award for three consecutive years. He did not hesitate in labeling him as the best midfielder and world should applaud a talent like him. If he would have belonged to Europe or Brazil, everyone would have known him as the finest midfielder of the game, but his native place is not letting anyone believes he is so gifted.
The 26-year-old French national talked about him in an interview where he said, “If he wasn’t African everyone will say he’s the best midfielder in the world. He can do everything — he can score goals, he can defend, he can attack. When he gets the ball he is so powerful.
“You should just admire the way he plays because he’s a great player. I might be a little bit biased because he’s my friend, but for me he’s in the top three of the best midfielders in the world. Of course it counts against him being from Ivory Coast.
“If he was Argentinian or Brazilian everyone will talk about him, everyone. You have some Brazilians or Argentinians, I don’t want to say anything wrong, but just because they are from this country you pay them 40 million pounds or 50 million pounds.”
He challenges any other midfielder to control the field as he does and parallel his feat of scoring 16 or 17 goals in a season. He added, “A guy like Yaya, he won every trophy, he is always there. Tell me one defensive midfielder who can go forward like him, who can score 16 or 17 goals in a season. Tell me one and then we can talk.”