​Yaya Toure has slammed African Football Federation CAF, calling it 'worse than FIFA' after Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang beat him to the African Player of the Year award on Thursday.





He called the decision - made by technical directors and coaches of various CAF-affiliated nations - 'pathetic' and 'indecent', claiming it 'brought shame to Africa' that the City star captaining his Ivory Coast side to victory in the 2015 African Cup of Nations didn't win him a fifth successive award.





His initial comments, reported in the ​Manchester Evening News, were relatively moderate, but it wasn't until a later interview with ​RFI that he exploded. He initially said: “I am disappointed but that won’t take anything from anybody. I am sure Andre Ayew is also disappointed after what he did last year. This is not the time to complain. We will all go back and continue to work hard.”

His later, far more explosive comments read: "I’m very, very disappointed. It’s sad to see Africa react this way, that they don’t think African achievements are important. I think this is what brings shame to Africa, because to act in that way is indecent.





"But what can we do about it? Us Africans, we don’t show that Africa is important in our eyes. We favour more what’s abroad than our own continent. That is pathetic."





He continued, claiming that 'even FIFA' wouldn't have made the decision, saying: "I’ll give an example. Messi won all the trophies, but it’s Cristiano Ronaldo who won the Ballon d’Or. What would you say? It’s unfair! Even FIFA, with all its history of corruption, wouldn’t do what the CAF judges did."

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