sounds like someone who is starting to buy into his own hype. he made the England team of the year - smart people generally recognise him as at least the 2nd best player in England, yet he complains about a few awards that sometimes recognise 37 year old Giggs as the best player in the country. he needs to grow up.

you just want him to strop all the way to Ashburton Grove

It's pathetic. 31 year old bloke who doesn't know how lucky he is.

Yeah because a 31 year old CM on £250k a week for 3 years is keeping up shit because no one wanked him off for his birthday, fuck sakes this is a mad story. Him and his agent must be off their rockers, always making noises every year to get something out of citeh. Fair play, but this is a pathetic story and makes him look like a right fool.

Interesting how differently people can interpret a situation.

Complaining about people not shaking your hand is poor form when those people are paying you the GDP of a small country per year in salary. No two ways to interpret that in my opinion.

And yet, people are. I can certainly see circumstances in this where someone would feel offended. For me, it depends how you interpret the 'snub' I guess.

Rex in championing rich people's right to be offended by things that are good enough for normal people shocker!

If he believes none of the owners shook his hand because he is black, then he has every right to be offended and angry regardless of what they are paying him. Not saying that is the case, but merely suggesting that is a possible scenario of how Toure interpreted it.

or maybe he's just not important enough for them. he's no different than one of their race horses if they won the kentucky derby.

when you start feeling yourself a little bit and start thinking you're "different" and you're "important", a megabillionaire putting you in your place might humble you a little and then you might actually go help your destitute country.

and if it was a racial thing (which I doubt), so what. these people do a lot worse to migrant workers in their countries than not shaking his hand and these players just cash the checks and spend away. there is no moral high ground when you're wading in that cesspool. you're just a whiny whore at this point and pimp sheikh needs to slap you inline.

Hence he wants a move, and has for some time. I'm sure he has plenty of suitors.

I'd object to being viewed equally as a horse regardless of what money I was on. That's just me though.

I really don't think this is anything to do with race or being treated like a bit of property. Reckon he's just pissed that he was treated like just ANother player rather than being singled out for special attention. Ties in with his whine from a few months back about not getting the recognition he deserves.

Well, there will probably never be clarity on what really transpired, but the important thing in all this is how it was perceived by Toure. If he feels it was based on race, then I doubt there is anyone who can convince him it wasn't.

Has anyone intimated that?

Why would he be so upset otherwise? Race card is all I can think of which makes any sense.
The big guy is going to speak after the WC anyway. 🙂

Or that he's a massive prima donna who only a few months ago was moaning about not getting enough recognition, and thinks he should be treated like a conquering king.

Footballers get upset (or pretend to be) over anything, especially if they can make a bit of money out of it.

There is that...