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"The defender of the Ivory Coast national team, Yaya Toure, admitted in an interview to a French newspaper that the years when he represented the club were very important in his professional career. In 2007, the footballer arrived from the "Monaco" team to defend the honor of the Catalan team for three years and then moved to England. "The three years in Barcelona were very important in my career. It was then, when I played for Barca, that I improved the most. I was very lucky that the team was coached by Frank Rijkaard," the player told the newspaper "L'Equipe". "At that time, while other footballers were representing their national teams, I paid more attention to tactical preparation. At the beginning, there was complete chaos and confusion. I didn't know what to do on the field, because the style of all the teams I played for until then was very different from Barca's. I learned how to create additional space on the field." According to the defender, he improved by watching how his teammates played at that time. "I learned a lot from Andres Iniesta, Edmilson, Deco, and Xavi. Just by carefully watching how they moved on the field. In addition, the coach also showed me a lot of video materials," Toure shared his memories. The footballer admitted that he decided to move to England because he wanted to help the Man City team "start writing the history of this team."
