Arsenal and Manchester United are both interested in signing Manchester City's out-of-favourmidfielderYaya Toure, according to reports inItaly.
The 33-year-old has been frozen out by City boss Pep Guardiola, failing to appear in a single Premier League game since the Spaniard arrived in the summer.
His situation worsened when his agent,Dimitri Seluk,publicly criticised Guardiolaover his way of dealing with Toure.
If he wins the Champions League for City this season then I will travel to England and I will say on television that Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the world," Seluk said earlier this month.
But if City don't win the Champions League then I hope that Pep has got the balls to say that he was wrong to humiliate a great player like Yaya.
Yaya is a professional and so he will do everything he is asked to do.
Perhaps Pep will think he is good enough to play in the final 10 minutes of a League Cup game against a third division team “ and, yes, I am joking."
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This led to Guardiola telling Toure he would'never play for Manchester City again'until his agent apologised.
"It was so difficult for me to leave him (Toure) out of the Champions League squad," said Guardiola."I know him, he is a good guy.
"But the day after he (Seluk) spoke, he was out. Until he doesn't speak, he is not going to play."
And now, it looks as though City's Premier League rivals Manchester United and Arsenal are in the hunt for the Ivorian midfielder, but they will face stiff competition from the likes of Inter Milan and Juventus, whoaccording toCalciomercatoare all interested.