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Alex Brotherton

He might not like it but Yaya Toure is helping to secure Pep Guardiola's Man City legacy

It's fair to say that Yaya Toure is not Pep Guardiola's biggest fan.

When the pair crossed paths for the second time in 2016 - six years after Toure had left Guardiola's Barcelona to join City - the Ivorian midfielder was already over the crest of his career.

Pep left the midfielder out of his 2016/17 Champions League squad and then refused to play him until he apologised for comments made by his controversial agent. Toure did return to the side, but after leaving the Blues in 2018 he accused Guardiola of being jealous of him and of not liking black players. Those claims have proved totally unfounded.

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