Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has revealed that he remained at the club out of his loyalty to coach Manuel Pellegrini.
Series of exit rumours trailed the midfielder last summer after an impressive season which finished without a trophy for City.
The Cote d’Iviore player revealed that he came close to leaving the Eithad but remained because of Pellegrini.
Toure revealed that pellegrini helped him to cope with the death of his younger brother Ibrahim last year.
“I've stayed because of Manuel. He always talks to me, giving me some piece of advice. He has been aware of my life off the pitch,” Toure said in a book called 'Pellegrini's Methods'.
“He
has been like a father to me in difficult moments. I have never felt
like that with another coach. Before this season, all the players had a
talk and we promised the boss we would recover our level.
“We had to do it for him, for us and for the fans — we have to win important things this season."
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