Despite being one of the best midfielders in Man City’s history, he was always ignored and never celebrated. Back in 2014, they didn’t get him a cake on his birthday

His career was a rollercoaster as he had issues with Pep and later cursed Man City

The story of Yaya Toure

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Back when he was young, Jean Marc built an academy in Ivory coast and once his younger brother Kolo heard it on radio, he decided that will be his ticket to Europe.

Yaya ended up there because his brother took him there and he really impressed the coaches

Skipped class to attend futsal trials and on arrival, he pretended to be a goalkeeper because he thought he had no chance competing with 50 kids

By the age of 12, he told his mom he will quit school to play football and his mom told him he has no future

The story of Ronaldo As a kid, he skipped class to attend futsal trials and when he arrived he was scared to compete with 50 kids so he told the coach he was a keeper

With time it became obvious he wasn’t a keeper as the coach in one match played him out of position and scored 4 goals

This is the story of a real life football gangsters who literally turned on their teammates

They shot each other, threatened each other’s lives and even sent guns to training but still managed to play incredibly well once they entered the pitch

The story of the Lazio Pistols Giorgior chinaglia early in his life has lost his parents to emmigration and was sent to wales at the age of 6. He grew up to be a professional footballer at Swansea.

He was seen problematic and not good so his contract was terminated

“Muller does not beat you with strength, doesn’t beat you with skills, doesn’t beat you with speed, Muller just beats you”

As a kid, he weirdly learnt how to speak even before walking. Scored against Argentina after Maradona thought he was a ball boy

The story of Muller He lived with his grandparents in a town of 2,000 population. As a kid, he acted weirdly as he even learnt how to speak before walking.

He became obsessed with Bayern when his late granpa requested to watch his last Bayern’s game on a sick bed

He lost his best friend and bonded with messi, took Atletico from second division to champions of Europe

Married Maradona’s daughter, became a premier league legend and facing an early and devastating end to his career

Welcome to the life of Sergio kun Aguero Before he was born, his parents relocated trying to find a place to raise his sister. His father was the breadwinner, taxi driver and part time footballer

When her mom was pregnant with Aguero being the unborn baby, their vicinity experienced a heavy flood

After travelling to Germany to watch a Bundesliga game, he had the chance watch the training session of Borussia Neunkirchen and asked one of the random questions ever

“Can i join”. He impressed the coach by his skill set and was given a contract

The story of Jay Jay Okocha His real name is Augustine Azuka Okocha. His older brother was nicknamed Jay Jay as he was called James. In Nigeria as a kid, he joined Enugu Rangers

He travelled to Germany to watch some Bundesliga games and he had the opportunity to watch Borussia Neunkirchen training session

Sent to prison right in the middle of his prime for handling business for pablo Escobar

Converting from a striker to a keeper but scoring 43 goals as a keeper

This is how Higuita became so overpowered that fifa had to change the rules of Football His real name is Jose Zapata, he was abandoned by his dad when he was born. When he grew up, he removed his father’s surname and used his two middle names

His mom passed away and was taken care of by his grandmother

Tunnel moments you didn’t see on TV

[A thread] Yaya Toure attacks Hazard in tunnel