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Yaya Toure Will Not Play For Mancity Until His Agent Apologises: Pep Guadiola by Vaxt(m): 7:00am On Sep 22, 2016 |
Man City manager, Pep Guadiola is asking for an apology
from Ivory Coast and Man City midfielder, Yaya Toure ‘s
outspoken agent, Dimitri Seluk, regarding comments he
made about him and the club recently.
Toure, 33, has made only one appearance for City this
season and was left out of their Champions League
squad, this prompted a response from Seluk who said
Toure had been ‘humiliated’ by his former Barcelona
Coach. Guardiola who felt Toure’s agent was being
disrespectful, says he will not play Toure until Seluk
apologises.
After Yaya was left out of City’s Champions League squad,
His Agent Seluk said:
‘It is Pep’s decision and we must respect that. If he wins
the Champions League for City this season then I will
travel to England and I will say on television that Pep
Guardiola is the best manager in the world. But if City
don’t win the Champions League then I hope that Pep has
got the balls to say that he was wrong to humiliate a great
player like Yaya.
‘Yaya is a professional and so he will do everything he is
asked to do. Perhaps Pep will think he is good enough to
play in the final 10 minutes of a League Cup game against
a third division team – and, yes, I am joking. But what I
can tell you is that Yaya will spend the season at City. He
will not be leaving in January. He hopes that he will get
the chance to prove himself.’
Explaining the reason why Toure will not be considered
for Wednesday’s tie at Swansea, Guardiola warned that
the 33-year-old midfielder could be frozen out
completely for the remaining eight months of his
£220,000-a-week contract unless Seluk apologises.
‘It was so difficult for me to leave him (Toure) out of the
Champions League, so difficult,’ said Guardiola. ‘I know
him and I know he’s a good guy.
The day after his manager spoke and in that moment
Yaya is out. Except Mr Dimitri Seluk comes back in the
press conference or to his friends in the media – because
he hasn’t the courage to call me, he goes to the media .
He has to apologise to Manchester City first of all, then
his team-mates, and afterwards the trainer. When that
happens Yaya will be part of the group and he will have
the chance to play.
‘I cannot accept as a coach every agent when his player
doesn’t play he goes to the media and speaks. I know
how much Dimitri Seluk loves Yaya Toure. If he loves
him, show me by apologising to Manchester City for what
he did in the papers.
‘I cannot imagine in my day when a player’s agent would
go to the media and speak against Johan Cruyff. Maybe
it’s the new era but I’m old generation, and an old
generation agent has to make his players his job and the
coach his job. Today agents believe they are more than
they are. If you have a problem, we can talk. Until he
speaks, Yaya isn’t going to play.
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