Thursday, 22 May 2014

Stunner: Yaya Toure wants to retire at Barcelona and admits he could leave Manchester City

Yaya Toure risks further enraging Manchester City after admitting he wants to end his career at Barcelona and could leave the club this summer.
The 31-year-old's future at the Etihad Stadium is shrouded in doubt after a bizarre episode on Tuesday when his agent Dimitry Seluk launched an inexplicable attack on the Premier League champions.
The Ukrainian claimed Toure - who cost the Blues £24million four years ago - was ready to leave after they snubbed his birthday last week.
City have kept their counsel up until now and will block any attempt to lever a move but Toure himself has confirmed that he wants out.
Asked on beIN SPORTS whether he could be playing for another club: 'Yes, I have talked before about ending my career at Barcelona - but we don't know because football is moving fast and you never know about tomorrow.
'Because of the brilliant season Manchester City have had, everybody is talking about me and everything is open and we don't know tomorrow.'
Worryingly for City fans - who face the prospect of losing their talisman on a triviality - the Ivorian reiterated his endorsement of Seluk's actions.
'Dimitry is always on the phone and he knows what he has to do because I trust him a lot,' he added.
'The main thing now is just to try and focus on the World Cup and he knows what he has to do because we were always open about everything and I am able to talk with him for a couple of days now.'
Toure and Seluk's relationship is a strong one; the player has been under him for the majority of his career and named his second child after him.
And they are no strangers to causing mischief within Carrington. Seluk has overtly poked City enough in the past to cajole more money for his client in the past.
Toure is now sitting on £200,000-a-week and accused the club of treating him as a 'nobody' at a party attended by owner Sheik Mansour and other dignitaries in Abu Dhabi last Tuesday.
Complaints over a lack of a birthday cake by the central midfielder's representative stretch the truth somewhat; he was handed two - one on a flight and another at the team's hotel - while a Facebook message received 250,000 'likes' from supporters.

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