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Kanu lauds Yaya Toure

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Nigerian football legend, Nwankwo Kanu has nothing but praise for Ivorian midfielder, Yaya Toure whom he rates as the best in his position in the world.

Kanu feels there is no other midfielder in world football who can currently match the Manchester City star.

The former Inter Milan forward believes Toure, who pipped his compatriot, John Obi Mikel, to the post in the latest African footballer of the year poll, is world class.

"If you say who is the best midfielder in the world now, for me I would say Yaya Toure. Not only in Africa, but the world," Kanu told africansoccer.weebly.com.

Kanu also took the time to salute the goalscoring exploits of the 31-year-old insisting that the Ivorian “scores goals like a striker.”

"He is scoring goals like a striker, he carries the team [Manchester City] on his shoulders, when he isn't playing, Manchester City aren't Manchester City.

"When he is playing, Manchester City are flying, winning games, but not only that, he is like the master of the field - he opens up teams and scores goals.

"He doesn't score easy goals, he scores goals that strikers score. For a midfielder to score 20 goals means he is a special person.

"If you check around the world, I haven't seen a midfielder at this moment that scores that type of goals that he scores," he said.