Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is involved in a scathing attack on the men who run the club with his Monaco-based agent Dimitri Seluk claiming his player is having to take the blame for the clubs miserable season, following on from talk that City wants to sell the Ivorian international in the summer.
Seluk levelled his comments at Chilean manager Manuel Pellegrini calling him “a good coach, but a weak manager,” while saving his blistering remarks for chief executive Ferran Soriano and director of football Txiki Begiristain.
Seluk said: “Some people at City are trying to blame Yaya for what has happened this season.
“But those people aren’t taking responsibility for their own mistakes.
“I am talking about executives who have bought players for a lot of money – and then put those players on the bench.
“I am talking about executives who spend a lot of money on Stevan Jovetic and then drop him from the Champions League squad.
“I feel sorry for Pellegrini. He is a good coach, but a weak manager.
“He won the title with the team left behind by Roberto Mancini.
“It seems the answer for everything at City is to blame Yaya.”
Pellegrini meanwhile could be fired if City fails to qualify for the Champions League while Soriano and Begiristain will survive the axe despite spending £86 million on Eliaquim Mangala, Wilfried Bony, Fernando, Willy Caballero and Bacary Sagna who have done nothing to improve the team.
During the summer clear-out Toure who earns £220,000 per-week could find himself at Inter Milan after their new manager, and his former boss Roberto Mancini said he would like to bring Toure to the San Siro.
Seluk said: “Yaya’s has had a very tough year. He has played in the World Cup and at the African Nations and played almost every minute of every game for City.
“Also, his brother died last year and he is still badly affected by the loss.
“The problem is that City want Yaya to do everything. They want him to score goals, they want him to assist goals, and they want him to defend.
“He cannot do it all on his own.
“It is also interesting that City could not win a match when Yaya was away at the African Nations.”
Seluk added: “If City want Yaya to leave then they should come out and say so.
“Two of the biggest clubs have already asked me if he is available and I know that if City said they will sell, then another 10 would call me inside 24 hours.
“And if City are worried about money then, they can keep their money in their wallet, because I know that other teams will pay Yaya what he earns now.”
