Man City coach and Yaya Toure
Yaya Toure’s former agent, Dimitri Seluk, has rubbished any suggestion that he received “secret payments” from Manchester City.
Blues charged by Premier League
Over 100 financial breaches found
Waiting to discover punishment
WHAT HAPPENED? That is one of the charges to have been levelled at the reigning Premier League champions following a four-year investigation into dealings at the Etihad Stadium that have uncovered more than 100 potential financial breaches. City’s case has been passed over to an independent commission, which will rule on any punishments, but Seluk insists he had no involvement in any wrongdoing.
WHAT THEY SAID: Seluk has told The Guardian when asked about payments relating to his time working with Ivorian midfielder Toure, who spent eight years with City between 2010 and 2018: “No, everything was transparent, there was nothing on the back side. I am interested to see what happens as this was a surprise. Yaya, of course, paid everything – tax and everything. It was all transparent.”
THE BIGGER PICTURE: Seluk added when quizzed on whether he would say the same if approached by the commission looking into the charges against City: “Of course. I would tell them the same.”
[Source: goal.com]