Man City legend: 'I only see a snake when I look at coach Pep Guardiola'

Despite retiring, Man City legend Yaya Toure still publicly holds deep resentment towards coach Pep Guardiola.

The lingering feud between Yaya Toure and coach Pep Guardiola shows no signs of cooling down - Photo: Mirror

The long-standing feud between former midfielder Yaya Toure and manager Pep Guardiola has been rekindled, by the Man City legend and his wife.

In his latest interview, the Ivorian star did not hesitate to use harsh words to describe his former coach. At the same time, he revealed his wife's dislike for the Spanish strategist.

The origin of the conflict in Barcelona

While participating in the program Zack en roue libre on YouTube (December 4), Yaya Toure made a shocking statement about coach Pep Guardiola - who was his coach at both Barcelona and Man City: "When I look at him, I don't see a man. I only see a snake", the Man City legend emphasized.

This statement once again heated up the decades-long conflict between the two. The relationship between Yaya Toure and Guardiola began to break down in 2010 at Barca, when he dropped the Ivorian midfielder from the first team in favor of Sergio Busquets.

Toure recounted that after the 2009-2010 season, coach Pep Guardiola called him and wanted him to stay, but his wife strongly objected: “My wife heard the story and said: Are you going to listen to that nonsense? He treated you worse than trash. Now he wants you to stay, and are you really going to stay? Let's go to Manchester together!”

Yaya Toure and his wife (right) have always maintained their dislike for coach Pep Guardiola - Photo: Dailymail

Toure further revealed that his wife always had a very negative view of Guardiola: "My wife kept talking about him: he's a devil, he's not human, he's evil. She always had a negative view of coach Guardiola."

Second reunion at Man City

After moving to Man City and shining brightly for 8 years, Toure reunited with Guardiola again in 2016, when he came to lead the Etihad team.

History repeated itself, Toure was again relegated to the bench and his appearances dwindled over the seasons, prompting his agent Dimitri Seluk to publicly criticize Guardiola.

Yaya Toure and Pep Guardiola reunite at Man City after working together at Barcelona - Photo: Dailymail

The conflict reached its peak in 2018, when Toure left Man City. He bitterly accused coach Guardiola in an interview with France Football magazine of having a problem with black players: "He always says he has no problem with black players because he is too clever to be caught. One day, if he lines up his first team with five African players, I promise to give him a cake."

In 2021, Toure expressed regret for his negative words towards Guardiola. Yaya Toure even wrote an apology letter to coach Pep Guardiola and Man City. However, according to Toure, he did not receive any response.

Despite a tumultuous relationship with Guardiola, Yaya Toure still ended his successful career in 2019 with 3 Premier League titles, 2 La Liga titles, 1 Champions League title and many other impressive individual titles.

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