Manchester City ace Yaya Toure has named former Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta as two players he would rather play with than against.
Toure, who will miss his side’s Champions League clash against Barcelona due to suspension, played alongside Messi and Iniesta during his three-year spell at the Nou Camp.
The Ivorian international also put fellow Manchester City stars Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany in the same bracket as well as Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva.
Yaya Toure, pictured against Newcastle, has chosen five players he would rather play with than against
Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, pictured alongside Toure in 2009, were two of the players the Ivorian named
Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is ‘very good’, insists club team-mate Toure
When asked to name five players he would rather play with than against, Toure replied: ‘[Lionel] Messi. [Sergio] Aguero as well. Fantastic player!
‘And in the midfield, I would like to play with [Andres] Iniesta as well. Defender, Thiago Silva, love him. I have a lot of players, but [Vincent] Kompany as well is very good, strong and very difficult to play against.
‘I am very happy to play with him, as to play against [him] I think is difficult.’
Manuel Pellegrini’s side go into the first leg of their Champions League last 16-clash on the back of an emphatic 5-0 against Newcastle.
City closed the gap on Chelsea to five points after capitalising on the Barclays Premier League leaders’ 1-1 draw against Burnley.
Paris Saint-Germain skipper Thiago Silva was also named on Toure’s five-man shortlist
Manchester City playmaker David Silva hit a brace as his side ran out 5-0 winners against Newcastle
