YAYA TOURE will join one of Manchester City’s rivals for £1-a-week to mount a revenge attack on Pep Guardiola, according to the player’s agent.
The Ivory Coast midfielder has accused his ex-Etihad and Barcelona boss of having a problem with African players in an explosive interview in France.
And his outspoken agent Dmitry Selyuk has told Sport 24 in his native Russia that his 35-year-old client will join Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham or Liverpool to bloody Guardiola’s nose.
Selyuk said: “Yaya has many offers from different countries, where they are ready to pay a lot of money, but we decided to dedicate the next season to Guardiola. And to prove and show the fans of Manchester City that Yaya has not finished with football.
“He is full of energy and wants to play this season in England.
“At a time when huge sums are being spent in England for the purchase of football players, I officially declare that Yaya is ready to move as a free agent to any English club of the top six with a salary of one-pound-a-week. But for certain successes to make a bonus system.
“I believe that a player like Yaya would not reject Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United, Tottenham and Liverpool. Yaya is a winner.
“And never before has a top footballer with leadership qualities rejected any club, especially when they don’t have to pay for it.”
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The agent – famous for vicious comments when Toure’s birthday was forgotten by City bosses – also slammed Guardiola for the way he replaced Manuel Pellegrini.
The West Ham manager was in charge at the Etihad when Guardiola was being groomed for the role.
He said: “He came to Manchester City in a nasty method.
“The transfer was announced at a time when Pellegrini, his co-worker in the coaching department, was still at the helm of the team.
“Guardiola was afraid that Pellegrini would win the championship and other tournaments that season.”
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The 54-year-old super-agent also mocked Guardiola’s short stay at Bayern Munich and said his grandmother could have won the Bundesliga with their embarrassment of player riches.
He said: “If you assign my grandmother to Bayern, the team will still become the champion.
“It’s always the way of Guardiola; come to the club with a huge budget, which without him all the time becomes a champion.
“Once again: the act of Guardiola towards Pellegrini, who reached the Champions League semi-final that year, was nasty. But that is how Guardiola acts a lot.
“What has Guardiola achieved? In two years he has won the same as Roberto Mancini or Pellegrini.
“And Pellegrini reached the semi-finals of the Champions League and Guardiola has not.
“I bet that Guardiola will not win the Champions League during this time, no matter how much money he has spent.”
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