Yaya Toure seeks reunion with Roberto Mancini?

January 20, 2016
By: Milos Markovic

Yaya ToureManchester City’s midfielder could leave the Etihad outfit at the end of the season, his agent Dimitri Seluk has hinted, ruling out the January move.

The Ivorian has been heavily linked with a move away from Manchester City for some time now, with reports this week linking the 32-year-old midfielder with a move to the Chinese side Shaghai SIPG.

In addition a reunion with Roberto Mancini being mooted as well as Inter Milan manager still hasn’t given up hope of taking his former player to Serie A.

Roberto Mancini was the one who brought Toure to City in 2010 and they spent several successful seasons together at Manchester City, winning the FA Cup and qualifying for the Champions League for the first time in 2012. Mancini and Toure also won the Premier League title in 2012 and the Italian manager is keen to work with Toure again.

Yaya Toure will turn 33 at the end of the current Premier League season and he is widely expected to change clubs in the summer.

“He won’t move in January, but in the summer everything could change. We’re ready to listen to every offer that will come to the table”, Seluk told Sportitalia.

The Ivory Coast international’s contract with the Citizens expires next summer and Toure has already stated his desire to remain at the club until the end of his deal and help the Citizens win the title. Manchester City currently stands at 2.1 (11/10) @PaddyPower to lift the trophy at the end of the campaign.

The possible arrival of Pep Guardiola was allegedly another reason for Toure’s desire to leave the club as he didn’t get along with Bayern Munich Manager when the two of them worked together in Barcelona.

Italian media outlet Calciomercato even reported that Yaya Toure was so concerned over the possibility of Guardiola’s arrival to City that he phoned his former manager Roberto Mancini.

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