Yaya Toure has no intention of leaving Premier League champions
Manchester City and is looking forward to the new season with them, he
said on Friday."The fans have always been good to me, they've always been good to my family," Toure told Sky Sports television.
"I
want to stay. I will always honour my contract. I don't think about all
this speculation. It's a big pleasure to stay and enjoy the next
season."
Media reports over the summer linked the midfielder with a
number of clubs since his agent Dimitry Seluk tweeted in May that he
was unsettled.
Seluk claimed that the Ivorian was not given proper
recognition by the club on his birthday during a close-season trip to
Abu Dhabi, comments subsequently supported by Touré on Twitter.
The furore was despite City posting a video on the club's website showing the player being presented with a birthday cake.
"Everything
is fine now. There was a lot of speculation, you know. I think
sometimes it's quite disappointing. I need to do something for the fans.
"The
team is preparing well and we will try to win again next season," added
the 31-year-old who was one of the driving forces in City's title
triumph.
Toure, who signed a new four-year contract with City last
year, was due for talks with City over his future before the club's
second match of their summer tour of the United States on July 27.
He
is expected to join Manuel Pellegrini's squad no later than three days
before the champions face Milan at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
He
joined City from Barcelona in 2010 and quickly became an influential
figure in midfield, scoring the winning goal in the 2011 FA Cup final,
and adding League championship medals in 2012 and 2014.
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