YAYA TOURE sensationally rekindled his bitter feud with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola as he called him a “snake” that treated him “like dirt”.
Toure, 42, and Guardiola, 54, have had a strained relationship ever since the former played for Barcelona under the latter for two years until he was sold to City in 2010.
The Ivory Coast legend fell down the pecking order at Barca when the Spanish tactician opted to promote Sergio Busquets from the B team for the holding midfield role in his preferred 4-3-3 formation.
They reunited at Man City in 2016 when Guardiola was appointed and dropped the midfielder to a bit-part role once more.
Toure‘s agent Dimitri Seluk spoke out publicly against the Catalan head coach and although he later apologised the ex-Barcelona boss maintained his position, which led to the player’s exit in 2018.
The legendary midfielder didn’t hold back when revisiting his past with Guardiola and even brought up some heavy words his wife Gineba Toure had when discussing the experienced manager.
Toure told ZACK: “I don’t see a man, I see a snake.
“The Barcelona coach calls me back then and says, ‘You have to come back [to Barcelona], it’s important’.
“My wife says to me, ‘Are you going to listen to that nonsense? He treated you like dirt, and now he wants you to stay, and you’re going to stay? Let’s go to Manchester’.
“The guy didn’t play me all year, and at the end of the year, I shine at the [2010] World Cup, and he brings me to Barcelona.
“My wife would tell me about him. ‘He’s not a man, he’s wicked’. She sees him as a negative person.”
Toure enjoyed immense success at Barcelona where he amassed six goals and eight assists in 118 appearances and won two LaLiga titles, the Copa del Rey and Champions League trophy.
The Ivoria great then rose to legendary status during a glittering eight-year stint at City where he registered 80 goals and 45 assists in 316 appearances.
Toure also won three Premier League titles, the 2011 FA Cup and two League Cups with the Citizens.
