Yaya Toure - commits future to City (page 855)

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GeekinGav said:
Manchester City: Yaya Toure 'angered by birthday efforts'
By Chris Bevan BBC Sport

Yaya Toure's agent has criticised Manchester City's attempts to mark the midfielder's birthday with a tweet, describing their efforts as "a joke".

City gave Toure a birthday cake as they flew to Abu Dhabi and tweeted their congratulations after he turned 31.

“If they don't respect him then easy - Yaya will leave” - Dimitri Seluk Toure's agent

But Dimitri Seluk says Toure is "very upset" the club's owners failed to acknowledge him personally and says he may leave over their lack of respect.

"None of them shook his hand on his birthday. It's really sick," he said.

City declined to comment officially but BBC Sport understands club officials are not too alarmed by Seluk's claims.

Seluk also claimed Toure was unhappy last summer, shortly before he signed a new four-year contract.

Seluk says Toure did not expect a present after turning 31 on 13 May but was unhappy at being ignored by the club's wealthy owners when the squad arrived in the United Arab Emirates last week to celebrate their Premier League title triumph.

"He got a cake but when it was Roberto Carlos's birthday, the president of Anzhi gave him a Bugatti," Seluk told BBC Sport.

"I don't expect City to present Yaya with a Bugatti, we only asked that they shook his hand and said 'we congratulate you'. It is the minimum they must do when it is his birthday and the squad is all together.

"I hear one newspaper has written that City congratulated him from Twitter but this is a joke. It is better they don't put anything on Twitter if they are not saying anything to him.

"The club's owners ate a 100kg cake after winning the Premier League this season but when they and the players were all together, none of them shook his hand on his birthday. It shows they don't care about him.

"Of course Yaya is upset about this. It is his birthday and nobody said anything or shook his hand, so he does not feel comfortable.

“It is more important he plays for a club that respects him more than having a few thousand pounds added to his salary” - Dimitri Seluk

"If this happened to you as a journalist in the BBC and nobody shakes your hand, you will say bye-bye and go to work for somebody else. It is normal."

Toure signed a four-year contract with City last summer but Seluk, who has represented Toure for more than a decade, insists he could leave if they continue to "disrespect" him.

The Ivory Coast international enjoys a close relationship with Seluk and named his second child after his advisor.

Seluk is adamant he is not looking to negotiate an improved contract for Toure, saying: "No. Money is not important. He has enough money.

"The most important thing is a human relationship and maybe this is his opportunity for Yaya to find that. If City don't respect him, then easy - Yaya will leave. No problem.

"It is more important he plays for a club that respects him more than having a few thousand pounds added to his salary.

"I have spoken to him about leaving and we will see what happens, but, at the moment, Yaya is really upset." and I want a Bugatti

It is not the first time either Torue or his agent have claimed the player does not get the respect he deserves.

In a recent interview for the BBC, Toure felt he was not regarded as one of the best players in the world because he is from Africa.

"To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans," he said. "I don't want to be hard and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest."
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hate when this kind of shit comes out, 'cos no one wins.
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Re: Yaya. The Ultimate Monster

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stony said:
Totally contradicting tweets by Yaya, but the latest tweets are very worrying.

Who can replace him ? No one, certainly not like for like, because there isn't another player in the world like him. That's not to say we can't get another quality player that will fit in and compliment the team.

No one is bigger than the club, I wouldn't fuck about now, just take what we can get, buy another player and move on.

The one thing that is really grating is that he's affected his value with these comments and disrespected the club.
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Opens the door up to bring in Barkley or Fabregas if we get decent money for him. Neither are as good as him but we'll set up differently I'd guess.
 
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Something drastic has obviously happened between the tweets. His agent must have got on the phone to him and said something to him that's prompted the latest tweet. One things for sure the club won't let this hang until the end of the world cup he either wants to stay or not.
 
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It's a load of shite whatevers going on, and i wish he'd have kept stun really ,just made it even more complicated.

If he wants to go though, he's going to cost someone big big money. I'd be tempted to throw it at Barkley if this plays out in the worst possible way over the next few months. Not in Yayas class yet, but similar in a way, mobile, shifts the ball, can bang a few in, just needs it all to come together. Very odd day.
 
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No way City are going to let this hang around till after the World Cup
 
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I'm just rationally trying to process this, "the point" hes on about, is it about his unappreciated nature in the league? (coming second to 3rd to Stevie G etc)
 
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