Catalan sports weekly paper Gol claims that Barcelona defensive midfielder and Ivory Coast international Yaya Touré (25) wants to leave the club if he doesn’t get a pay rise in the summer.
Touré earns at this moment around 2 million euro a year, the same as he did when playing at Monaco. When he signed a four-year contract in 2007, Barcelona promised that the salary would be raised after one year.
But this still didn’t happen and the Ivorian midfielder, who also doesn’t like the rotation system used by Barcelona manager Josep Guardiola, has asked his agent Dimitri Seluk to look for another club if his contract isn’t renewed soon. Touré would be one of the Barcelona players with the most offers on the table, with English Premier League club Arsenal preparing a 14 million euro° for June.
Touré is meanwhile quoted as unconfirmedly saying in an interview with French newspaper Le Parisien that he waits for a contract renewal: “I’m a professional player. If the club wants me to stay here, they are obliged to do something. I only hope that when the moment is there, everything goes well and a deal will be found quickly. Whatever happens, I would like to end my career at Monaco.”
Filed under: News on March 25th, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Barcelona played a very difficult game tonight against their biggest rivals — Espanyol. It was a tough game from the beginning, and Yaya Toure played the whole game. Barcelona didn’t manage to perform on their regular level, thus allowing Espanyol to fire up and score. They had a 0-2 advantage, and then Yaya Toure scored a beautiful goal to reduce the result to 1-2.
It stayed like that until the end. This is the first loss of FC Barcelona after 21 rounds.
Filed under: News on February 21st, 2009 | No Comments »
According to the latest rumors that surfaced in English press, Yaya Toure will leave Barcelona at the end of the season and join Arsenal. Arsene Wenger, the coach of Arsenal, has been following Toure for years, and wants him in his team desperately. After losing a few midfielders (who left the club), he wants to sign a strong midfielder who would break opponents’ actions, and he thinks that Yaya would be the perfect choice.
English press claims that Yaya would like to move to England, and team up with his brother in Arsenal. However, on several occasions, Toure has declared his desire to remain in Barcelona and end his career at the Blaugrana side.
We just have to wait and see what will happen.
Filed under: News on February 15th, 2009 | No Comments »
Barcelona defensive midfielder and Ivory Coast international Yaya Toure has said in an interview that he would like to stay in Barcelona for life. He said that the interest from English clubs for him is flattering, but Barcelona is the right club for him. “I love Barcelona. It is the best club in the world. I have been linked with a move to the Premier League but, to be honest, this is the best club. I want to finish my career here and show everyone that this club means a lot to me. One day, if the club does not want me then I will think about going. But if they want to keep me I will stay for life.”
Filed under: News on January 29th, 2009 | No Comments »
In an interview with the radio station Catalunya Radio, Yaya Toure denied all the exit rumours that had been going on for the last couple of months. “I don’t want to leave a big club like Barcelona. I love it here and I would like to win throphies here.”
He said that the team is doing well at the moment, and that he will work hard to help the team to win as many trophies as possible. “I would be honoured to finish my career in FC Barcelona.” said Yaya Toure.
Filed under: News on January 26th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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