Manchester City news: Yaya Toure recalls how brother Kolo helped him in incredible journey
Toure, signed from Barcelona for £24million in July 2010, will be remembered as a true City legend after winning two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups in eight remarkable years. And as he enters the final four months of his Etihad reign, Toure recalls how his incredible journey began with a wake-up call – literally – from his older brother Kolo. The two Toures grew up together sharing a bedroom in their modest home in Bouake on the Ivory Coast with Kolo determined to help make little bro become the international star he is today. That meant nudging Yaya awake in the early hours of the morning to go out into the dust laden tracks to practice his emerging skills.
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And he said to me, you have to listen and you have to learn because with the ball it is interesting but without the ball it is something else Manchester City star Yaya Toure
Yaya said: “When I was young I was a big, big dreamer. I think in the beginning it was my brother and sometimes we would work together in the morning, early at 5am I remember. “He was waking me up to try and go outside to do some jogging. At 5am it was dark in Africa and I said: ‘What are you waking me up for?’ “He said we had to go jogging. I said if you want to touch the ball, too, it was OK but it’s dark. How can we touch the ball in the dark? “And he said to me, you have to listen and you have to learn because with the ball it is interesting but without the ball it is something else.
GETTY Manchester City star Yaya Toure has a lot to thank his brother Kolo for