Yaya Toure provides to assist beleaguered Barcelona as Ronald Koeman strain mounts in wake of Atletico Madrid loss

Yaya Toure has provided his providers to Barcelona amid one of many deepest crises within the membership’s historical past.

The ex-Manchester Metropolis midfielder, who gained the Champions League with Barca beneath Pep Guardiola in 2010, believes his former membership will come via a tumultuous interval on and off the pitch.

The 2019 La Liga champions are ninth within the desk after profitable simply three of their opening seven matches, with boss Ronald Koeman beneath intense strain to maintain his job, amid a backdrop of economic chaos that features greater than £1bn of debt.

Toure provided his assist to revive the membership’s stature in a collection of impassioned statements on Twitter within the wake of Barca’s 2-0 defeat to Atletico Madrid on Sunday.

He mentioned: “My time at Barcelona was probably the greatest reminiscences of my enjoying profession.

“The membership has determined to belief me after I was nonetheless a younger participant, but to determine myself within the high leagues. I’ll ceaselessly be grateful to the membership for what they’ve carried out for me.

“It could be a tough time for the membership however my perception for Barcelona is robust. I’ll at all times be obtainable for the membership ought to they want me anytime as my coronary heart is ceaselessly with the membership, the folks and the followers.”

The 38-year-old, who retired final yr after ending his enjoying profession in China, is presently an assistant coach of Russian membership Akhmat Grozny and is doing his UEFA teaching badges.

Barca have determined to stay with Koeman for now, with president Joan Laporta publicly backing the Dutchman last week regardless of widespread studies in Spain that he had been looking for a successor, equivalent to Belgium head coach Roberto Martinez.