Yaya Toure has told his agent, Dimitri Seluk, to apologise to Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola for earlier remarks.
Seluk said he wants to forge a “new relationship” with Guardiola in the hope that the Ivorian player’s exile from the City roster will end.
“I have spoken to Yaya in the last few days and he has asked me to make the peace with Pep,” Seluk said.
“I agreed with him that I had to do what I could to make the situation better, because Yaya and Manchester City have been caught in the crossfire. I am genuine in what I say.”
Seluk said he had come under pressure from fans and teammates over his criticism of Toure’s Champions League omission and Guardiola’s ultimatum that the player would not return until an apology was made.
“Some City fans have contacted Yaya to say that a way forward must be found. And some of Yaya’s teammates at City have also contacted me to say the same thing.”
“I am not an unreasonable man,” Seluk said. “I don’t think that Pep will ever love me, but the most important thing is that we try to forgive what has happened in the past and develop a new relationship.”
“This is a genuine gesture. I hope Pep accepts that my hope is that we can start with a clean page.”
Seluk swore off commenting on the manager’s actions.
“Of course, I hope Pep takes the decision to bring Yaya back into his squad, but even if he doesn’t, I can assure him that I am not going to speak about him any more in the media.”
Toure has not played for City since the Champions League qualifiers in August.
The side’s next assignment is against Middlesbrough in the Premier League this weekend.
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