Yaya Touré - The Football Interview

Football Daily

BBC

Sports, Soccer

4.3 • 4.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s edition of the Football Interview, Kelly Somers speaks to former Manchester City, Barcelona and Côte d'Ivoire midfielder Yaya Touré, who talks about leaving Africa as a 17-year-old to pursue his football career in Europe, the sibling rivalry with his brother Kolo and why he took up coaching.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.2	Music, radio, podcasts
0:04.5	And BBC Sounds
0:08.7	Football from Five Live
0:10.9	Join the Five Live sport team
0:15.2	for exclusive commentaries
0:16.8	from the Premier League,
0:17.9	FA Cup and Champions League
0:19.5	Chance to shoot!
0:23.1	And stay on top of everything football every day
0:26.1	with the Football Daily podcast.
0:28.0	I think you've got to earn the right
0:29.5	to play the way that you want to play.
0:31.5	Football from 5 Live.
0:33.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.2	The Football Interview on the Football Daily podcast.
0:42.6	I'm Kelly Summers and this season I'll be interviewing some of the biggest names in football,
0:47.3	asking them the questions they don't normally get asked,
0:50.0	as I try to find out more about the person behind the player.
0:53.4	The first half will be on football, the second on their life away from the pitch.
0:57.2	This isn't just any interview, this is the football interview.
1:00.4	And today I'm joined by the former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder, Yaya Toray.
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