In a telephone interview, Dimitri Seluk, the agent of Yaya Toure, has told talkSPORT he will NOT be apologising to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola - despite his client doing so.

Toure has been sidelined by City since Seluk publicly criticised Guardiola over his treatment of the midfielder in September.

Guardiola has since said he will not pick the Ivorian again until he receives an apology from his long-time representative.

Toure took steps to end his exile on Friday morning by releasing a statement on his Facebook page.

The 33-year-old wrote: "I wish to apologise - on behalf of myself and those who represent me - to the management team and all those working at the club for the misunderstandings from the past."

Seluk joined the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast shortly after the statement was released.

And the outspoken Ukrainian said that, while he was eager to make peace with Guardiola, he was not prepared to follow his client's lead and say sorry for his comments.

Seluk, who accused the City manager of 'humiliating' Toure by leaving him out of his Champions League squad, insisted: "I'm not apologising.

"We want peace, but I'm not apologising. Apologise for what?

"Maybe Toure has apologised for this, but I don't know for what.

"I think Yaya don't mean this. He wants peace between him Guardiola."

Seluk says it is now up to Guardiola to decide whether to welcome Toure back in from the cold.

But he insists the former Barcelona star, who has won two Premier League titles, the FA Cup and two League Cups during his time at City, still has much to offer.

"A lot of supporters want to see Yaya on the field and Yaya wants to help Manchester City get good results," he said.

"A player like Yaya, one of the top players in the world who has a very big salary, normally does not stay out of the team. He must play.

"We want to make peace between Guardiola, Yaya and ...


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Interesting