Yaya Toure dropped from Soccer Aid after reported pornographic WhatsApp post and offering to hire sex workers for team-mates

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has been dropped from Unicef’s annual charity Soccer Aid match after reportedly posting a pornographic video in a WhatsApp group with other players, as well as offering to hire sex workers for them. Sources told The Sun, who first reported the news, that several complaints were made to Soccer Aid, Unicef’s annual charity event involving celebrities and former players, and that Toure was criticised at a hotel on Friday morning during a breakfast with other players. “While it was an error of judgment, it was felt that the behaviour didn’t align with the values of the event and its cause, and it was the right thing for him to step back from this year’s match.” Toure tweeted on Saturday: “I would like to apologise to everyone involved in Soccer Aid for an inappropriate joke I deeply regret.