Is it possible Yaya Toure is a fringe player at Barca?

Josep Guardiola was the man behind Barcelona’s success last season and he’s done so many good things since being appointed the head coach of the Catalans but I will never forgive him the mistreating of one Yaya Toure, who was made a mere fringe player at Camp Nou. The Ivorian must have done something to make Guardiola mad since I can see no other reason why one of the best (if not the best) holding midfielders in the world would have so little playing time this season, but whatever he has done is not worth the treatment he is receiving.

Since being promoted from the famous youth academy in Abijan, Yaya Toure had the perfect road to glory. He slowly made progress and developed his skills in Beveren, Metalurg Donetsk, Olympiakos and Monaco before making a dream transfer to Barcelona. It is at Camp Nou that Yaya Toure showed the footballing world what those close to him already knew and blossomed into a world-class player.

Despite not being an automatic first choice in Guardiola’s side at the start of last season, his impressive footballing qualities quickly shown and earned him a starting berth. Toure bossed the midfield in every single game last term and was one of the most important players in the race for the historic treble, and at the same time fulfilled one of the biggest Barcelona goals.

His versatility helped Barcelona (Barcelona news) in the decisive matches last season since he played as a centre-back even in the Champions League final against United, in which he made Ronaldo look like a pub player for big part of the game.

However, due to an unknown reason he has fallen out with Josep Guardiola this term and the boss no longer treats him as a first team regular. This doesn’t have a big effect on the results since Barcelona have big strength in depth but is certainly making life difficult for both Toure and his teammates.

The friendly giant, as Toure often strikes the people who engage in conversation with him, is now one of the most sought-after footballers in the world, with the biggest European clubs constantly on alert to latest developments from Camp Nou. Arsene Wenger is a big fan of the player and he would love to have him in the squad, although Manchester City also emerged as favourites to sign him, provided he becomes available, mostly due to his close relationship with brother Kolo. Yaya has already stated he would love to play alongside his brother Kolo and this is something Mark Hughes can take advantage of and sign one hell of player. I just hope his situation will be resolved as quickly as possible since the world football is missing a lot with Yaya Toure sitting on the bench, even at Barcelona.