Yaya Toure’s agent says Pep Guardiola is overrated

Yaya Toure’s agent says Pep Guardiola is overrated as a manager and worries the Spaniard would look to sell his client should he take over at Manchester City.

The Bayern Munich boss, who is favourite to take over from Manuel Pellegrini at the end of the season after revealing he wants to work in the Premier League, sold Toure when the pair were at Barcelona.

Guardiola will leave Bayern at the end of the current season, with former Real Madrid and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti replacing him at the Allianz Arena.

Dimitri Seluk, Toure’s agent, admits the prospect of the Spanish coach joining City concerns him and told the Sunday Mirror: “Pep is a great coach. But he has won the title at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

“The truth is that my grandfather would win the title with Barcelona and Bayern Munich because they are big clubs with great players.

“I’d like to see Pep take a club that is eighth or ninth and make them champions.”