Manchester City ace Yaya Toure has named former Barcelona team-mates Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta as two players he would rather play with than against. Toure, who will miss his side's Champions League clash against Barcelona due to suspension, played alongside Messi and Iniesta during his three-year spell at the Nou Camp. The Ivorian international also put fellow Manchester City stars Sergio Aguero and Vincent Kompany in the same bracket as well as Paris Saint-Germain defender Thiago Silva. Yaya Toure, pictured against Newcastle, has chosen five players he would rather play with than against Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta, pictured alongside Toure in 2009, were two of the players the Ivorian named
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Yaya Toure has lavished praise on Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta
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