Vincent Kompany gave a speech on the night Yaya Toure waved goodbye to Manchester City three years ago.
Obviously Kompany gave a speech – he loves one. He is good at them, in fairness, and struck the perfect tone with mic in hand on the Etihad pitch.
Kompany emotionally listed Toure's defining contributions. 'Thank you, Yaya,' he said. 'If you're not going to be a legend after all that then you'll never be a legend.'
Yaya Toure's relationship with Pep Guardiola remains uneasy despite the Ivorian midfielder's status as a Manchester City club legend
Toure won three Premier League titles and a host of other domestic honours with City
Toure, now the coach of Olimpik Donetsk in Ukraine, spoke about his reconciliation mission
Toure is the uncomfortable legend, if anything, and on a reconciliation mission 10 years since he altered Manchester's footballing landscape forever when pinching a ball off Michael Carrick in that FA Cup semi-final derby.