Yaya Touré’s agent should pipe down and realise 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 the agent is missing the point with Guardiola winning matches, hearts and public relations wars

Dimitri Seluk is right about one thing, and perhaps only one thing. Pep Guardiola is 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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