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Your support makes all the difference.The agent of Yaya Toure says that clubs around Europe have been in contact with the Manchester City, but the Ivorian will discuss his future at the Etihad soon.
Dimitry Seluk, the man who was at the centre of the infamous birthday cake row last year, says Toure, who said earlier this week that he is open to 'new challenges', intends to sit down with his current club soon.
Toure, 31, has been linked with a reunion with former manager Roberto Mancini at Inter Milan, while Paris Saint-Germain are also said to be very interested.
Seluk also said that Toure was not only interested in getting a bigger pay packet.
Toure was quoted on Tuesday as saying he is open to "new challenges" and that he will not stay at a club simply to collect wages.
Those comments came two days after his agent Dimitri Seluk was quoted as saying "two of the biggest clubs" had asked him about Toure's availability, adding: "If City want Yaya to leave, they should come out and say so."
And, quoted by Sky Sports on Wednesday, Seluk said: "We have had different offers for Yaya but we must speak to Manchester City.
"People think he will stay because of money but we don't care about money. If Man City don't want him - no problem.
"I want someone to say that they want Yaya to stay at Manchester City. Yaya is a legend at the club. All the supporters like him, he's helped them make history."
City manager Manuel Pellegrini, whose side are set to finish this season trophyless, insisted at a pre-match press conference last Friday that Toure - winner of major silverware four times with the club - would "continue playing here because he is a very important player".
Pellegrini also admitted he had been disappointed by the 31-year-old's form this term, but backed Toure, who has two years left on his current contract and captained the side in Sunday's 2-0 win over West Ham, to come good again.
In the quotes on Tuesday, Toure said: "I owe it to the City fans to fight until the end of my career at this club.
"My decisions will not be affected by changes in management, but more by the challenges that will be offered to me."
There have been questions over Pellegrini's future, and Seluk was quoted on Sunday calling the Chilean a "weak manager", as well as criticising City's chief executive Ferran Soriano and director of football Txiki Begiristain.
Additional reporting from PA
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