Kolo Toure: My advice made Yaya the “Big Boss”

Yaya Toure

Liverpool defender Kolo Toure has labelled younger brother Yaya Toure as the “big boss” of the Manchester City midfield and says that the club got it wrong by selling him to Liverpool.

The defender says City will be “kicking themselves” at letting him go while drawing similarities in the circumstances that surrounded Yaya’s move to City from Barcelona.

“Yaya was much better than Sergio Busquets at Barcelona. But he was behind him in the pecking order and he found that hard to accept,” he told Sky Sports.

“I advised him to come to Manchester City while I was still there.

“He listened to his big brother’s advice – and now he is the big boss on the field for them.”

Continuing on the subject of his move to Anfield, the older Toure brother said:”I have had a similar experience to Yaya. Managers come to clubs bringing players with them and they want to pick them at all costs – whether they are any good or not.

“I was better than certain players at Manchester City but I was left on the bench.

“Before I left the club, I told the people in charge that they would regret letting me go. People said I was finished and that I could never get back to my former level.

“But now I am at Liverpool – and I am sure that City must be kicking themselves when they see how I am performing.”

‘Big Boss’ Yaya Toure has made more passes than any other player in the Premier League this season.

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