Yaya Toure’s agent, Dimitri
Seluk, has admitted that the player may have to buy himself out of his contract
with Manchester City, if they try to keep him for the final year of his current
deal.
Seluk told Sunday Mirror, that
City’s director of football, Txiki Begiristain, has broken two promises about a
time-table for negotiations for a contract extension. He has now given the club
two options: either to offer the Ivorian a three-year deal or let him leave for
free.
Toure currently earns £230,000
a week at the Etihad, which is almost £12million a year. But Seluk says he can
buy himself out for less than £10million.
“I spoke to City about a new contract and they
said wait until December. I spoke to them in December and they said wait until
March. Now they are saying Yaya must wait until the summer. This is
unacceptable. A player like Yaya Toure should not be moving towards the last
year of his contact wondering if he is going to get a new deal. The best idea would be to give
Yaya a three-year contract that will keep him at the club for the rest of his
career. The second is to say ‘thank you’ and allow him to leave for nothing,’’
Seluk said.