Ex Barca Star Yaya Toure Opens Up on Feud With Man City Boss Guardiola

• Yaya Toure has revealed that he would like to put his long-standing differences with Pep Guardiola aside
• Toure and Guardiola have reportedly been at loggerheads since their time at Manchester City and Barcelona
• Toure's former agent had alleged that Guardiola will never win another Champions League due to his treatment of the midfielder

Former Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure has revealed that he would like to patch up his differences with Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola.

Toure and Guardiola shared a frosty relationship over two spells in England and Spain. Toure did not enjoy significant game time as he would have liked under Guardiola.

At one point, the former Ivory Coast captain said that Guardiola did not like African players. In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail, he expressed his interest in apologizing to Guardiola personally claiming that his comments were taken out of context.

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"'I would be more than happy to talk with him. I'm on a different pathway now. I will be someone who tries to understand my players, different cultures and footballers, bringing them together to make a team. I will become a manager one day."

Toure has in the past reached out to Guardiola, but the proven tactician hasn't responded to his messages yet.

The 39-year-old who now works as a coach of the U-16s at Tottenham Hotspur left Manchester City for Olympiacos in 2018 after making over 200 appearances.

Toure's issues with Guardiola

Sports Brief has previously reported that Yaya Toure had reignited the tension between himself and his former manager Pep Guardiola by picking Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta over Guardiola.

The Africa Cup of Nations winning captain was asked by former Watford goalkeeper who he prefers between the two coaches. The Ivory Coast international settled on Arteta. Arteta is spearheading Arsenal's charge for the Premier League title this season.

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Toure first played under Guardiola, where they won a couple of trophies, including the Champions League. He was then sold to Manchester City, which Guardiola also joined in 2016.

African shamans

His agent Dimitri Seluk famously claimed that Guardiola's treatment of Toure had provoked African shamans and the Spanish head coach would never win the Champions League again. This controversial comment is often revised every time Guardiola is eliminated from the top-tier competition.