Revealed: Why Yaya Toure was at LFC's training session on Thursday
Sadio Mane has revealed why Yaya Toure was present at Liverpool's training session in Salzburg on Thursday morning.
The former Barcelona and Manchester City midfielder, who is now a coach at Russian side Akhmat Grozny, watched the Reds’ workout in Saalfelden after being invited along by our No.10.
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Mane explained to Liverpoolfc.com: “I said, ‘Yaya, do you think it is the best idea to come to watch our training?!’ He said, ‘My friend, I’m coming there! Just ask your boss!’
“He is a very, very good guy and I have known him since 2004. He’s a good friend of mine so we always keep in touch and when he asked me if I can ask the boss whether he can come to watch training I said, ‘With pleasure’ and I think the boss was happy to have Yaya with us today to watch training and learn something because I wish him all the best.
“He wants to be a manager in the future and all the boys were happy to see him, to have a quick conversation with him and have a little bit of a talk about City and Liverpool. It was nice to meet him again.”