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The Local Game: When opportunity knocks


The Local Game: When opportunity knocks
16:58 | 23/02/2021
Yaya Toure back when he dominated the Premier League with Manchester City. — AFP Photo
Peter Cowan
Yaya Toure and Yohan Cabaye were both linked with moves to the V.League 1 recently but neither has ended up in
Vietnam, with Toure taking a coaching role in Ukraine and Cabaye (who has Vietnamese heritage) retiring.
Either one would have been a blockbuster signing for Vietnamese football, but Toure, in particular, would have been a true marquee arrival, as a player, coach or a combination of the two.
Now, at this point, the cynical among you may ask how likely it ever really was that a Premier League, La Liga, Champions League and Africa Cup of Nations winner was going to strut his stuff in the V.League 1? Can clubs over here really afford to pay the wages a player like Yaya Toure can command? And wouldn’t the money be better spent on long-term developmen ....

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