{"id":49446,"date":"2014-09-20T08:13:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T08:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=49446"},"modified":"2014-09-20T08:13:33","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T08:13:33","slug":"yaya-toure-eyes-champions-league-title-for-man-city-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/yaya-toure-eyes-champions-league-title-for-man-city-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Yaya Toure eyes Champions League title &#8216;for Man City fans&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"story_continues_1\" itemprop=\"description\">Yaya Toure says he wants to win the Champions League with Manchester City to repay the club&#8217;s fans for their support.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder, 31, was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/0\/football\/29276113\">criticised for his performance<\/a>\u00a0in Wednesday&#8217;s 1-0 defeat at Bayern Munich &#8211; their opening match of this campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the BBC&#8217;s Football Focus, Toure said: &#8220;I know the fans love me; they are always good to me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My target now is the Champions League. I want to win it for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toure, a \u00a324m signing from Barcelona in 2010, last year agreed a four-year contract extension keeping him at Etihad Stadium until 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In May, he appeared to cast doubt on his City future when he supported his agent&#8217;s claims that the Premier League champions showed him a lack of respect by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/0\/football\/27484318\">failing to buy him a cake<\/a>\u00a0on his 31st birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Toure&#8217;s performance in the loss to Bayern was questioned by some, with former England midfielder Paul Scholes saying &#8220;he just did not look interested&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>But City manager Manuel Pellegrini said the club will support Toure, particularly following the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/0\/football\/27941579\">death of his brother<\/a>\u00a0in June.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe he had a lot of personal problems with his brother,&#8221; said the Chilean.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are a lot of human things and maybe that is why he is not in his best performance at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a team, as a coach, as a club we must support him because he is a very important player, he makes a difference and I&#8217;m sure he will return to his best. But he is always being criticised.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany, Samir Nasri and David Silva have agreed new City contracts recently, but Toure is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/premierleague\/article-2755227\/Yaya-Toure-not-far-signing-new-contract-Manchester-City-claims-captain-Vincent-Kompany.html\">yet to sign a new deal.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the last three seasons of the Champions League, City have twice been knocked out in the group stage and once in the last 16.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yaya Toure says he wants to win the Champions League with Manchester City to repay the club&#8217;s fans for their support. The midfielder, 31, was\u00a0criticised for his performance\u00a0in Wednesday&#8217;s 1-0 defeat at Bayern Munich &#8211; their opening match of this campaign. 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