Interviewed by The Sun, Dimitri Seluk, agent of Ivorian star midfielder Yaya Touré (33), who's apparently in very bad terms with Manchester City manager at the time, stated:
“They [Mansour family, Editor's Note] must say to Guardiola, ‘Yaya is our family’. How is it possible to speak like this? It is not correct to do that. It is not correct to give up on a top-class player. But this is his decision. He is a good coach, but his personality is s***.
If Yaya is on the field or not, everyone will ask: ‘What is this decision from Guardiola?’ Normally a person cannot make a decision like this. And it is England, not North Korea or Afghanistan, so people will discuss whether it is right, and they will have their opinions.
He has a contract, until June and he will stay. If they want him to leave they must have a conversation with me, and then it is if we agree. t is necessary to remember that Yaya, when he was in Barcelona, played as a defender, and they won against Man United.
OK, Guardiola has won matches this season, so everyone must only see his fantastic football. But his personality is far from great. I repeat the message from everywhere that he has been from Barcelona to Bayern Munich. Many people don’t like him.
It is very strange. All supporters like Guardiola, but my opinion is that supporters also see that Yaya gave City a lot. They won the title two times with him, and won cups. We’ll see what Pep does. When Yaya came to the club they spent only £20million on players, not Guardiola who comes and buys three or four big signing — maybe he’ll spend £1billion on players. After that he will say it is very difficult and £1bn is not enough. If he comes to West Brom would he win the title? Ranieri, Koeman and Pochettino show what is possible with less money. It is more easy with half a billion pounds.
I don’t know about Yaya being thought of as a legend. But he is training fine, he is ready and Guardiola must make a decision whether to have him play or not".
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