His qualities, his body and the way he plays remind me a bit of Messi at the beginning. He added: We tried to add as much as fun as we could on the pitch and the main thing was to stay disciplined because there were a lot of changes to the team. Rovers earlier in the season, the 21-year-old was at last rewarded with 40 minutes of cup action. The message could not be clearer - he is not part of Pep Guardiolas Manchester City revolution. At 10:30 in the morning, we have a training session and we have to be there. City fans will always be grateful that he did because Toure has given them some precious memories to look back on. The Sunderland boss initially named the Dutch defender in his starting line-up for Sundays clash at Tottenham. The former Atletico Madrid star also says he fancies a return to Spain one day and will evaluate the situation going into the final year of his deal. I booked a one-way ticket to Rio and had no intentions of coming back. His first official game in charge was at Blackburn?Rovers?in early October 1996.