Kevin De Bruyne is never short of a dry quip and the Manchester City midfielder responded in his own way to Yaya Toure's accusations about Pep Guardiola.
In a blistering attack, Toure claimed that the manager 'has a problem with Africans' and wondered aloud if his career under Guardiola had been curtailed because of the colour of his skin.
The club have not responded to the allegations and Guardiola had nothing to say on the matter when questioned at a golf tournament on Tuesday.
However, Belgium international De Bruyne was flummoxed by the idea and suggested Toure's exclusion from the team last season was probably more down to fitness and effort.
“I never saw something. It would be weird if the trainer was racist – with all the black guys we have in our team,” De Bruyne told BBC World Football .
“So I don’t know what Yaya said or if it’s wrongly written or exaggerated. When you don’t play there’s always something you try to find. It's very difficult.
“We had the best season ever, so in the end the coach took the right decision to play with the team who played a lot. At the end of the day, Yaya was the only one who signed a contract last year. [Guardiola] let a lot of players go , Yaya was the only one because he did well so I don't know.
"This year the trainer probably thought he [Yaya] wasn’t doing enough, maybe wasn’t fit enough. I’ve never seen something racist at the club, ever.”
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