He might not like it but Yaya Toure is helping to secure Pep Guardiola's Man City legacy

It's fair to say that Yaya Toure is not Pep Guardiola's biggest fan.

When the pair crossed paths for the second time in 2016 - six years after Toure had left Guardiola's Barcelona to join City - the Ivorian midfielder was already over the crest of his career.

Pep left the midfielder out of his 2016/17 Champions League squad and then refused to play him until he apologised for comments made by his controversial agent. Toure did return to the side, but after leaving the Blues in 2018 he accused Guardiola of being jealous of him and of not liking black players. Those claims have proved totally unfounded.

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Fast forward four years and Yaya is back at a Premier League club, one that does not play in sky blue. On Tuesday Toure agreed to become an academy coach at Tottenham Hotspur.

Toure is the latest player or coach to have worked with Guardiola at City to make inroads into coaching at the top level. Whether he likes it or not, he is another example of the unique legacy that Pep's City will leave on English football and further afield.

Mikel Arteta is the obvious example here. The current Arsenal manager would not be where he is now had he not become Guardiola's assistant coach at City upon retiring as a player in 2016. He returned to lead the Gunners in 2019, and the Pep influence on his team's style is obvious.

Vincent Kompany is another. After leaving City in 2019 the former skipper became player-manager at Belgian giants Anderlecht but soon retired from playing to focus on his coaching commitments.

Kompany stabilised a side going through a difficult period and was rewarded by being hired as the new manager of