Man City Transfers: 6 Players Guardiola Needs To Get Rid Of

6. Yaya Toure

Yaya Toure may be revered as one of Manchester City’s greatest ever players, and in a roundabout way, he has his current boss to thank for that, having sold him to the club six years ago. According to the temperamental Ivorian, were it not for Pep Guardiola and their frosty relationship, he would have spurned the advances of the Premier League and stayed at Barcelona.

Guardiola’s decision to blood through Sergio Busquets at the time, effectively neglecting Toure’s effective yet slightly more primitive talents in favour of skill and panache, had all but severed the relationship, so when Sheikh Mansour waved a lofty pay cheque under his nose, Toure didn’t have to be asked twice. The two have been reunited at Eastlands, and while there is no Busquets in sight, the addition of Ilkay Gundogan raises a threat to Toure’s position once more.

The Ivorian has just one more year left on his contract, and judging by the way he and his agent have carried on in recent times, from whining about forgotten birthdays to hinting at exits, it might be better for all concerned if Guardiola rids himself of what is sure to be nine months of the same should Dimitri Seluk's client find himself benched.