Yaya Touré: The Dressing Room Standards That Turned Man City Into Champions (E402)
4/6/20261 hr 15 min
Yaya Touré is one of football’s most dominant midfielders, a key figure in transforming Manchester City into a title-winning force. In this episode, Yaya shares the unseen moments behind that success, from arriving at a club with a losing mentality to helping build a culture driven by focus, respect, dedication, and passion.
He opens up about the turning point that changed everything, a heated halftime confrontation that sparked a shift in standards and turned City into “a machine.” Drawing on his time at Barcelona under Pep Guardiola, Yaya explains why winning teams are built on brotherhood, purpose, and an obsession with excellence, not just talent.
Yaya also reflects on the managers who shaped him and the identity that defined his career: “I’m a winner.” This is a powerful insight into what it really takes to build a championship mentality and sustain success at the highest level.
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First 90 secondsJake Humphrey· Host0:00
[gentle music] Yaya, welcome to High Performance.
Yaya Touré· Guest0:04
Thank you very much. Thank you. Pleasure.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:05
We've seen you as a player.
Yaya Touré· Guest0:06
Yeah.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:07
We've seen you winning trophies. We've seen the success on the pitch. We've seen you working as a assistant manager in various countries, in various clubs.
Yaya Touré· Guest0:14
Yeah.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:14
What's the next step for Yaya Touré?
Yaya Touré· Guest0:17
For Yaya is going to, is management now. I've been a, if I can say that, I've been blessed playing football and at high level with the top clubs, with top players as well, and now what am I looking for is going to the management. I've been assistant for a few years with different clubs and different coach, and I think now I'm looking to becoming a manager, a coach, if you can say that.
Jake Humphrey· Host0:40
So what have you learned from your time as assistant managers- Mm-hmm ... in various places that makes you realize that now you're ready to be the number one, not the number two?
Yaya Touré· Guest0:49
Something remind me when I was, when I was playing, in my playing times, when I try to reflect at some point, um, I was, like, always thinking about me, right? What I'm eating, how I sleeping, how I resting. But going to the management as assistant, I remember one of the coach I have it, uh, and, uh, it was Carl in Belgium, he was saying to me, "Yeah, I want, just want you to be close to the players, see how they feel, how they prepare. Just support them mentally at some point." And I was like, "Coach, but me, I, I'm coaching, right? Uh, just in the field and after, out of the field, s- no, I'm not really good at it." He said, "No, you have to... Because at some point, one day, you c- if you are a