Manchester City Transfer News: Latest on Yaya Toure, New Moise Kean Rumours

The agent of Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has once again launched an attack on manager Pep Guardiola, while the Citizens are reportedly still working on a bid for Juventus starlet Moise Kean.

As reported by Jonathan Smith for ESPN FC, Guardiola has made it clear he won’t consider playing Toure until his agent Dimitri Seluk apologises for comments he made about the City manager after he left the veteran out of the UEFA Champions League squad.

Such an apology seems unlikely, as Seluk has doubled-down on his criticism, per Simon Mullock of the Daily Mirror:

When Yaya was left out of the Champions League squad, I called Pep. I wanted to ask him his reasons, but he didn’t call me back.

I also tried to call Txiki (Begiristain)—but he didn’t call me back either. So I don’t think the club can criticise me for doing an interview in the newspaper when they wouldn’t even talk to me.

Pep talks about respect. But to get respect you have to show it.

[…] This is his revenge. And it is personal, not professional.

I asked City in the summer if they wanted Yaya to leave and was told that he was part of the plan.

It is now clear that wasn’t the truth. I think the plan was to humiliate Yaya—and all the other players who have made history for Manchester City in the last six years.

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