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Man City midfielder Toure: Winning Premier League is ultimate test

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure says it will mean something special to win the Premier League.

Toure now understands why Chelsea ace Didier Drogba was so thrilled to win the title in the past.

He told the Daily Mail: "One time when I was still in Spain I saw Kolo and (Didier) Drogba when I was with the national team. A few months earlier Drogba had won the Premier League.

"I said, 'Didier I saw you on the TV and you were so happy. I have never seen you like that. Why was that?'

"He told me it was because it's just so hard to win the Premier League that the happiness is like nothing before. Even when you go to Blackburn and Stoke and Blackpool . . . it is so hard every week. He said I wouldn't understand until I played here. He was right.

"He told me that here you play Boxing Day, New Year's Day . . . you never get a break. I had not experienced it before.

"So when you win you are so happy. When I signed for City I called my brother and told him if we won any cup I would be so happy.

"We won the FA Cup last season and that was great. But the big target now is the Premier League. If I win the Premier League, I will go crazy."

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