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Sampdoria midfielder Afriyie Acquah says Yaya Tour� told him �you will be my heir at Manchester City.� The pair clashed during the African Cup of Nations, when Acquah�s Ghana lost the Final to Toure�s Ivory Coast on penalties. �We went into a challenge, he dived and simulated injury. I wagged my finger at him. Yaya Tour� was always my idol,� 23-year-old Acquah told Secolo XIX newspaper. �Once the game was over, he called me and we talked. He said that I played well and one day I�d be his heir at Manchester City. �For now, my City is Samp. I am still in contact with Tour�, though.� Acquah eventually missed a penalty in the decisive shoot-out and admits it was traumatic. �Every time I take a penalty in training, it comes back into my mind. I watched the whole Final back on TV and cried.� Acquah is only on loan at Samp until the end of the season, having arrived from Hoffenheim on transfer deadline day last month.