Manchester City news: Arsenal and United 'interested' in Yaya Toure, says player's agent
Toure has become surplus to requirements under Pep Guardiola and has made only one appearance for the club, in City's Champions League play-off against Steaua Bucharest
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Your support makes all the difference.Yaya Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk has said that there has been interest from Manchester United and Arsenal for the midfielder.
Toure has become surplus to requirements at Manchester City under Pep Guardiola and has so far made only one appearance for the club, in City’s second Champions League play-off against Steaua Bucharest.
The Ivorian was more recently left out of Guardiola’s 21-man Champions League squad, prompting speculation that he will be leaving the club in the January transfer window.
While Seluk has insisted a move to either United or Arsenal would be “impossible”, he revealed to Sky Sports that his clint has received offers from China, Turkey, Italy and the United States, and will attempt to sign a pre-contract agreement with a new club in January.
The 33-year-old is into the final year of his contract at the Etihad after joining from Barcelona in July 2010.
Throughout the past six years Toure has won two Premier League titles with City, one under Roberto Mancini in the 2011/12 season and one under Manuel Pellegrini in the 2013/14 season.
"Yaya in January can sign a pre-contract agreement with clubs abroad," Seluk said. "He will have many offers from clubs. China and America of course they want him but we will have a lot of offers from England and Europe.
"He is in very good shape, very good condition, I think he lost seven kilograms.
"Maybe that's not good enough for Guardiola, but then Zlatan Ibrahimovic wasn't good enough for him [at Barcelona].”
Seluk also remarked that the decision to phase out Toure would come to impact the club’s fan base.
"They will lose a lot of millions of supporters from Africa because of this decision from Guardiola," Seluk said.
"Now they will support Manchester United. A lot of people in Africa say they will never see any more matches of City on TV."
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