“Botafogo is no place for cowards,” said Ricardo Rotenberg, pointedly.
The flirtation between the club and Yaya Touré lasted three months, but that was the end of it. Touré had pledged his future to Vasco da Gama, then turned his back on them, too.
But the most interesting part of this twisted novela was not what it says about Touré's career choices, but what it says about the Brazilian game. (Spoiler: nothing good.)
Read my piece on the affair on The Athletic.
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