Yaya Touré’s agent should pipe down. Pep Guardiola holds all the aces | Paul Wilson


Touré’s treatment at Manchester City is regarded by Dimitri Seluk as a declaration of hostilities but Guardiola is winning matches, hearts and public relations wars

Dimitri Seluk is right about one thing, and perhaps only one thing. Pep Guardiola is the king of Manchester at the moment, operating from a position of strength.

So if Yaya Touré’s agent sees the treatment of his client as a declaration of war, and prefers to fight back rather than make the necessary conciliatory gestures that might see the sidelined Ivorian pull on a Manchester City shirt again, he must accept that his situation is strategically weak, bordering on hopeless. Guardiola is occupying the high ground.

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