You get so used to hearing about Yaya Toure moving to another club, it comes as a shock when his agent says ideally he’ll stay at the Etihad for life.
Agent Dimitri Seluk has been quoted by the Mirror, where he explains that he wants Manchester City to offer Toure a new contract because he ‘would like to stay for life’ and potentially after he hangs up his boots, bag an executive role within the club.
‘Yaya loves Manchester City and, despite what is sometimes said, he is happy at the club. In fact, he would like to stay for life. He would love nothing better than to finish his playing career with City and then work for the club after that. That’s why I want City to give Yaya a new contract, to show him that they want him to be part of the future. It is not about money. It is about keeping Yaya at the club until his playing days are over and showing the club’s best player that he is respected and loved.’
Moving on to comments about his post playing career, Seluk suggests a possible permanent official role in the club, such as Sporting Director given his experiences of playing in Belgium, Ukraine, Greece, France, Spain and England.
‘He has won championships with Olympiakos, Barcelona and Manchester City. He has won the Champions League and the African Cup of Nations. He knows world football. The only market that City want to buy players from at the moment is Spain.’
I do love the Spanish resort of Swansea.
Seluk adds.
‘City can become a great club in the future if they forget about this crazy plan about becoming the next Barcelona. City have two Spanish executives (sporting director Txiki Begiristain and CEO Ferran Soriano). They came from Barca and now they are obsessed with turning City into the club they left. That is not only impossible, it is foolish. There can only ever be one Barcelona. City should be looking to establish their own identity, not dream about becoming Barca Mark 2. And, in my opinion, I think someone with Yaya’s experience can do that.’
Free cakes for all, but the idea of ‘foolishness’ may be in the eyes of the beholder when it comes to Yaya’s agentspeak.
This site is looking for bloggers, so if you’re a fan that can offer us a genuine opinion we would love to share it with the masses!
To email your own unique article/blog for publishing ***CLICK HERE***
Share this article
