Yaya Toure has a pen in his hand and is wearing the white training kit of Tottenham Hotspur. It used to be a ball at his feet and the sky-blue jersey of Manchester City. This is Yaya 2.0.
He is sitting behind the desk of his London home and working on the next day's session for Tottenham's Under 16s. He likes that pen, maintaining his grip throughout our conversation. In many ways, it symbolises the next chapter.
His playing pages drew to a close with some unsettled scores. Pep Guardiola among them.