"Having left the team of "Manchester City", Yaya Toure finally found an opportunity to criticize the not very popular coach Pep Guardiola. Y. Toure, who worked with the Catalan "Man City" team for the past two years, did not have the best relationship with him even when they were both in the "Barcelona" team. Y. Toure once stated that P. Guardiola is not a football genius: "I would like to debunk the myth about Guardiola. He did not create the current "Barcelona" team. He just used his intelligence and incorporated Cruyff's ideas into the game. He tried to do the same with both the "Bayern" and "Man City" teams. Everywhere, the same method was used - working only with those players who matched his prototype and could draw almost everything from them. It wouldn't work in teams like "Watford" or "Crystal Palace". In my opinion, Zidane is greater in football than he is. He has fewer demands on his players, but he treats everyone with respect. On the other hand, Pep wants to be considered a genius - he adores it. But beneath it all lies pure comedy. I can't help but laugh when I see him holding his head the entire game and pretending to think something. It's very funny," - critically mentioned Y. Toure about his former coach. The African also mentioned P. Guardiola's hypocrisy: "He was such a hypocrite when he started praising me at the farewell ceremony. I did not want such a farewell, I wanted to leave the team with my head held high. I have the impression that he, having no respect for me, ruined my last season at the club. It hurts me a little because I spent great eight years in this club. He "stole" the farewell I wanted with our amazing fans."
