Yaya Toure looking at PSG move as Manchester City face battle to explain talisman's bizarre behaviour

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Manchester
City face an increasingly difficult battle to explain Yaya Toure’s
bizarre behaviour this summer after the Barclays Premier League
champions’ star player claimed he would be open to a move to Paris
Saint-Germain.
Toure has cast a cloud over City’s post-season title celebrations with some peculiar antics over the past week.
First,
the Ivorian midfielder’s agent Dimitry Seluk claimed that Toure had
been upset City didn’t give him a birthday cake when he turned 31
recently. Then Toure - who had actually received two cakes from the
club admitted he would consider a transfer back to former club
Barcelona.

Speculation: Yaya Toure has fuelled rumours he will leave Man City by saying PSG move would be 'an honour'
Now City’s top earner has given an
interview to a French publication in which he reveals a transfer to the
French champions would also appeal.
Toure told France Football:
‘Given the goals of Paris, how could you not be interested in a club
like that? PSG have become one of the strongest teams in Europe. It
would be an honour to one day play for a club like that - if I can be of
service.
‘Given the magnificent season Manchester City have had,
everyone talks about me and everything is open. My agent is hanging on
the telephone and he knows what he has to do, I have complete confidence
in him.
‘Nobody knows what can happen tomorrow, my attention is on the World Cup and we will see afterwards.
‘Yes, I have said I would like to finish my career at Barcelona. You never know because football moves quickly.’
Seluk
said last week that he rated Toure staying at City as ‘50-50’ and the
player’s comments about PSG will only increase speculation he is looking
to move on.
City are viewing the whole charade in its true
perspective, given that Seluk is prone to these bizarre tactics whenever
he feels his star client is due a new contract.

No comment: Toure failed to respond when asked where he would be playing next season
Toure - who earns
around £250,000-a-week at the Etihad Stadium - got himself a new deal
last summer but won’t be so lucky this time.
In all likelihood, he
will merely have to explain his comments to manager Manuel Pellegrini
when he joins City for pre-season training in America after the World
Cup.
All City’s World Cup players will be given a month off from the
day they exit the tournament, so it appears likely Toure will catch up
with Pellegrini in New York unless the Ivory Coast progress beyond the
last eight.

Birthday-gate: Man City posted a picture of the cake that was presented to Toure on his birthday
Seluk, meanwhile, continues to veer erratically from one
standpoint to another. Yesterday he suggested Toure would even accept a
backroom role at City once his career is over.
This is highly
unlikely, especially as Toure’s stock among supporters begins to fall.
Yesterday, for example, the Manchester Evening News expressed the view
that this latest episode has tarnished Toure’s standing for good.
Seluk
said: ‘A role at City after his (playing) career? Of course. Like Real
Madrid have done with Zinedine Zidane, for example. Zidane played there
and afterwards began working for the club.
‘Yaya will need a club in
the future. We do not want more money or a longer contract, anything
like that, just the right attention. More attention on Yaya and that he
feels happy at the club — that is the most important thing. We do not
need more money.’
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