Inter but has now claims he intends to remain at
the Etihad Stadium for the foreseeable future
Yaya Toure insists that he will remain at
Manchester City beyond the summer transfer
window and has hinted that he could extend his
stay at the club beyond the expiration of his
current contract.
The midfielder has been heavily linked with a move
to Inter in recent months, with coach Roberto
Mancini and director Javier Zanetti talking up the
prospect of acquiring the Cote d'Ivoire
international.
Toure's agent, Dimitri Seluk, has previously
claimed that his client was “90 per cent certain” to
leave the Etihad this summer, but he has now
insisted supporters have no reason to be
concerned about his future.
"I will definitely stay. The fans don’t have to be
worried," he told Manchester Evening News .
"My target this year is to try to do everything
possible to make this team improve well and I am
sure with my experience, maybe I hope with the
players coming in a couple of weeks, a couple of
months, definitely it is going to be a strong City
next year."
Toure’s current deal expires in 2017, but he has
suggested that he could extend his stay at the
club if a new deal is offered to him.
"Football is like that," he said. "You get a contract,
but after maybe you can continue doing
something. For me the target is to continue
helping the club to the end.
"I think it is the first club where I have been where
the fans have been singing my name for a long
time. We have friends, people around you, fans
always sing your name. Those things money can’t
buy."
Toure also claims that he has one ambition that he
is yet to fulfil: winning the Champions League with
the recently deposed Premier League champions.
"It is one of my big targets because City have been
in the shadow of United for so long," he said.
"Sometimes their fans are coming back, saying we
are the top because we have already won the
Champions League.
"What I want for the fans is the Champions League.
I will do everything that’s possible."
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