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#3 Yaya Toure (Qingdao Huanghai)
For three seasons, Yaya Toure held sway as the lynchpin of the Barcelona midfield and distinguished himself with his displays following his arrival from AS Monaco in the summer of 2007.
The 36-year-old is a behemoth of a human, but in contradiction to his bulky frame and stature, Toure possessed technique and guile on the ball that was not normally associated with players of his build.
During the course of Barcelona's treble-winning campaign under Guardiola, Toure saw his relevance reduced, as the manager preferred giving a chance to then-newbie Sergio Busquets, but the former Ivory Coast international still starred, making 43 appearances in all competitions.
Toure is an extremely versatile player and showed his dexterity by starting the final of the Champions League which completed the treble in central defence against Manchester United.
He departed Barcelona for Manchester City that summer and he went on to achieve immortality in England, with the Cityzens, playing a major role in all the successes enjoyed by the Mancunians' in recent years, and indeed it was his goal in the final of the 2010 FA Cup that gave the club her first title in almost half a century.
Guardiola's arrival at The Etihad once again reduced Toure's role to a bit part one, and he departed the club in 2018, first going to Olympiacos where his contract was terminated soon after and despite initial reports of his retirement from the game, Toure came out to refute those claims and is currently playing his trade with Chinese League One side Qingdao Huanghai.
