Throwback to Yaya Toure's infamous birthday cake incident at Man City that created a stir

Manchester City legend Yaya Toure is widely regarded as one of best midfielders to have graced Premier League. Currently playing his tre with Qingdao Huanghai,  Ivorian turns 37 on May 13. Over eight seasons with Manchester City, Yaya Toure won a number of accoles but most fans also remember African star for his birthday cake incident. Having played a pivotal role in aiding Manchester City to Premier League title in 2014, Yaya Toure birthday cake incident almost saw midfielder leave Etih Stium. Toure left Man City in 2018 but club remembered to wish ir legend on Twitter this week.

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Yaya Toure birthday cake incident at Manchester City

Having been crowned Premier League champions for second time on May 11, 2014, Manchester City were too busy celebrating success of ir title triumph to remember to get Yaya Toure a cake for his birthday two days later. Yaya Toure birthday cake incident blew up to a proportion where Ivorian wanted an exit from Etih. Toure later played down incident but mitted that ignorance of not sending him a celebratory birthday cake left him 'damaged' with a lasting effect on his daily life.

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Yaya Toure spoke to TImes to explain how Manchester City failed to mark his 31st birthday with simple celebrations but later shifted blame to his agent, Dmitry Selyuk for  fallout. Following controversy of Yaya Toure birthday cake incident, midfield maestro threatened to leave Manchester City and even spoke with club chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak to express his discontent. issue was later resolved but Toure was left flabbergasted by club's failure to send him a cake.

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Yaya Toure Man City career

Yaya Toure joined Manchester City in 2010 from Barcelona and helped Premier League club break ice of conquering ir first piece of silverware in 35 years, by scoring in 1-0 win against Stoke City in FA Cup final. Yaya Toure also won three Premier League titles at Man City and three League Cups. In 2018, Toure left Man City to join Greek club Olympiacos. 

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