Man City finally found Their Yaya Toure replacement

Two years ago today, Vincent Kompany took the microphone at the Etihad Stadium and reeled off a list of Yaya Toure's greatest Manchester City achievements.


"If there's ever going to be a legend at the club, then it's this man," Kompany told a packed Etihad, who had all waited after the final whistle to say farewell to Toure.


"To be a legend, you have to have a tremendous amount of talent, longevity, and you need to be there in key moments. I just want to remind a few of them.

"Semi final, FA Cup, Manchester United. Yaya Toure. Final against Stoke City, FA Cup. Yaya Toure. First league-winning title, two goals against Newcastle. Yaya Toure again.

"Second league title, Crystal Palace away. Yaya Toure again. League Cup final, Sunderland. Yaya Toure. League Cup final against Liverpool, Yaya Toure."

The mention of each classic Yaya moment was greeted with a cheer louder than the last, and Kompany's final words prompted the biggest cheer of all.

"If you're not going to be a legend with that, you're never going to be a legend."

A look at his statistics before joining the club shows goals record of six strikes in 118 Barcelona appearances, five in 30 for Monaco, and 3 in 75 for first club KSV Beveren.

For City, Toure scored 79 goals in 316 games, with an extra 50 assists for good measure.

He might not have played as much as he would have liked in his final season, but Toure was always going to leave a huge hole in the City midfield.

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