Manchester City's Yaya Toure 'disgusted' by British media over failure to give him deserved recognition

Disgust: Yaya Toure feels he doesn't get the recognition he deserves
James Olley19 October 2015

Yaya Toure has revealed he is unhappy at Manchester City and launched a stinging attack on British journalists for failing to give him the recognition he believes he deserves.

In an interview with French newspaper L’Equipe today, Toure said: “In recent weeks, journalists have spoken about a new beginning for me. But what new beginning?

“I’m coming off a season when Manchester City finished second in the Premier League, the most difficult in the world. I scored 12 goals. I also had to leave the club to join my national team, who were playing in the African Cup. I missed almost two months and then I was criticised for not scoring as many goals as in the season before!

“You understand a little my disgust. Here, when it’s bad, they (British journalists) highlight the faults. When it’s good, they say nothing.

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“They have always used their little ways to annoy me to distraction. I often feel that I’m unhappy. A lot. Here, things are never as they say they should be. Shouldn’t we be more interested in mentioning the positive rather than the negative?

“We Africans, when we do a good job, we like to be rewarded, recognised, because if a player is given fair value, we move faster. That’s what I think. When I came to City, in 2010, I heard people say here that I would kill football!”

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