Pablo Zabaleta believes Yaya Toure will soon rediscover last season's sparkling form. Manchester City defender Pablo Zabaleta is “100 per cent” convinced Yaya Toure will soon get back to his best. Toure, the driving force for City's Premier League title triumph last season, has been below par - and criticised - in the opening two months of the new campaign. However, the midfielder...Full Story »

Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero struck late on to secure a hard-fought win for Manchester City over Aston Villa. The champions were at risk of losing further ground in the title race ahead of leaders Chelsea hosting Arsenal on Sunday. But Toure, who once again looked some distance below his best form at Villa Park, broke the deadlock after 82 minutes. Aguero, who like Aleksandar Kolarov hit th...Full Story »

Yaya Toure sent a message to his critics as he and Sergio Aguero struck late to secure a 2-0 win for Manchester City at Aston Villa. Toure had endured another quiet game but underlined his class when he broke Villa's spirited resistance with a superb long-range strike eight minutes from time at Villa Park. Aguero, who had earlier hit the post, then wrapped up three points for the Barclays Prem...Full Story »

MANCHESTER CITY star Yaya Toure is at the centre of a furious backlash from fans for his reaction to his side's Champions League defeat in Munich. ROW: Toure has infuriated City fans Toure has angered his own supporters after embracing Bayern boss Pep Guardiola at the final whistle of City's 1-0 defeat in the Allianz Arena. The Ivory Coast midfielder could be seen laughing and joking with Gua...Full Story »

Yaya Toure was unhappy at the end of last season that Manchester City did not give him a birthday cake Yaya Toure will not be offered a new deal despite the midfielder's disquiet at the close of last season, when his agent complained Manchester City had not given him a birthday cake. While Toure's unhappiness may have been viewed as a way of improving his £220,000-a-week salary, the club ...Full Story »

Yaya Toure's agent has claimed the reason the Manchester City midfielder has failed to win any of football's top individual awards is because he is black. Dmitri Seluk said the Ivory Coast international would have finished higher than third place in the PFA and FWA Footballer of the Year awards, and higher than 12th in the Ballon d'Or voting, were he white. Toure was beaten to both English awa...Full Story »

MANCHESTER CITY will swoop for Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba if Yaya Toure quits the Etihad Stadium this summer. HEADING HOME: Could Pogba be set for a return to Manchester? Toure's future is up in the air after he fell out with club officials over a percieved failure to acknowledge his 31st birthday. He has also grown frustrated by City's apparent refusal to treat him like other star names ...Full Story »

Yaya Toure claims that Manchester City didn't let him visit his dying brother, because they wanted him to celebrate their Premier League win in Abu Dhabi instead The last time Manchester City went into a summer transfer window as the defending Premier League champions, they made a right royal hash of it. Roberto Mancini's Blues were riding the crest of the title-winning wave -- and so were the ...Full Story »

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure claims the club were unwilling to let him spend time with his dying brother Ibrahim before joining their post-season trip. Ibrahim Toure, who had been suffering from cancer, died in Manchester last week at the age of 28. After the news emerged, his brothers Yaya and Liverpool defender Kolo Toure decided to stay in Brazil, where they have been with the Iv...Full Story »

Ivory Coast coach Sabri Lamouchi has thanked Toure brothers Yaya and Kolo for their courage amid tragedy at the World Cup. The Toures have vowed to play on in Brazil following the death of their 28-year-old brother Ibrahim last week. It means both players will be available for the Elephants' decisive final Group C game against Greece, when the Africans will attempt to secure a last-16 place. ...Full Story »