Yaya
Toure will celebrate his 32nd birthday on Wednesday by picking up a staggering
£720,000 (€1million) bonus from Manchester City after they qualified for the
Champions League.
The
midfielder had the clause built in to his contract when he moved to to the
Etihad Stadium in 2010. City secured Champions League football for next season
at the weekend when they beat QPR and are one win away from a guaranteed place
in the group stage of the competition.
Toure’s
agent Dimtry Seluk last year accused City of failing to make a enough of an
effort to acknowledge his client’s birthday.
Yaya Toure was named on the substitutes bench for Sunday's 6-0 win against QPR at the Etihad
Toure spoke on Tuesday at the launch of FIFA's Anti-Discrimination Monitoring System
Yaya Toure received this cake from Manchester City last year, but it wasn't enough according to his agent
In fact,
the club presented their Ivory Coast star with two birthday cakes and shared
their best wishes with millions of followers on social media. But it was not
enough for Seluk who pointed out that Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala once
bought Brazilian defender, Roberto Carlos, a £800,000 Bugatti car.
But the
one thing Toure and his agent have never had cause to complain about is the
staggering sums of money paid to him over the course of his contract.
The
former Barcelona midfielder is paid a basic salary of £220,000 a week and
signed a new four year contract in April 2013.
A young supporter holds up a sign wishing Toure a happy birthday after last year's fuss
City boss Manuel Pellegrini talks to Toure on the sidelines before he is introduced as a second-half sub
Inter Milan manager and former City boss Roberto Mancini is also said to be
interested but there is a massive stumbling block over the size of Toure’s
wages and the length of his contract.
The
player himself did little to play down the speculation yesterday when he
appeared at Wembley to launch a FIFA initiative aimed at tackling racism.
‘Today
the case of the racism is more important than my future,’ said Toure who was
later subjected to a racist taunt on Twitter.
Manuel
Pellegrini provided a rare moment of humour before Sunday’s 6-0 win over QPR by
promising to give Toure a cake, and supporters sang happy birthday to him when
he came on as a second-half substitute.
Ivory
Coast and City team-mate Wilfried Bony has urged Toure to stay, citing him as a
major factor in his decision to join the club from Swansea for £28m in January.
Toure could be used as a makeweight in any deal to bring Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba (centre) to City
Toure's club and international team-mate Wilfried Bony (left) hopes the midfielder stays at City next season
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