Pep Guardiola wants Yaya Toure's agent to apologise to him before the African will be allowed to play again, but Dimitri Seluk has now revealed that the Manchester City boss is not taking his calls.
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The Spaniard has banished Toure from playing under him until Seluk apologises for slamming the coach after Guardiola dropped the Ivorian from his UEFA Champions League squad.
Seluk has now revealed that he has been trying to contact Guardiola, as well as City's director of football Txiki Begiristain, to discuss Toure's situation but both refuse to take his calls.
"When Yaya was left out of the Champions League squad, I called Pep," Seluk told the Daily Mirror.
"I wanted to ask him his reasons, but he didn't call me back. I also tried to call Txiki – but he didn't call me back either. So I don't think the club can criticise me for doing an interview in the newspaper when they wouldn't even talk to me.
"Pep talks about respect. But to get respect you have to show it. Before City played at the Nou Camp, I called Pep again. I wanted to ask him if we could meet for talks while he was in Barcelona.
"I also called Txiki. But nothing came back. I sent them texts also, but again there was nothing back. I have the phone records to prove this.
"I was not making contact to apologise – but neither Pep nor Txiki knew this. Why should I apologise when I am guilty of nothing but telling the truth?
"My idea was to talk man to man, to find out how we can move things forward for the best interests of Manchester City and Yaya.
"All I got was silence. So it must be clear to everyone that Pep isn't looking for an apology.
"It is about him turning (owner) Sheikh Mansour and the City fans against a player who loves the club.
"Pep is allowing his ego to make decisions that aren't in the best interests of Manchester City."
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