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Inter Milan are desperate to sign Yaya Toure on the cheap - or even on a FREE transfer.

The Italian club have made Manchester City's unsettled midfielder their No.1 target for the summer - with some unfounded reports suggesting he has already agreed terms with them.

Nerazzurri boss Roberto Mancini - the former Blues manager - has been openly courting his former player.

But Inter, conscious of a potential punishment under FFP regulations coming their way and Toure's huge wage demands, are keen for a free - or nominal fee - deal to cover his salary.

Inter are banking City's desire to get the Ivorian - 32 and with two years remaining on his current deal - off their books to free up funds to make summer moves of their own.

City have been heavy linked with midfield signings in the shape of Juventus' Paul Pogba and Wolfsburg's former Chelsea man Kevn De Bruyne.

Toure will have to accept a salary cut to switch to San Siro though he would still become Inter's top-paid player.

With debts of £133m, the Italian giants can't afford to shell out a huge transfer fee.

City have few other options if they do want to move Toure on with only Paris St Germain showing any signs of interest and are believed to want to recoup at least some of the £24m they paid Barcelona for him in 2010.

Since then he has been one of City's key men, helping them win two Premier League titles.

But after a dip in his performances this season and a number of hints that he would be happy to take on a new challenge, Blues chiefs could be tempted to allow him to leave the Etihad to allow them to focus on bringing in Pogba and De Bruyne.

Whether Inter - who will miss out on Champions League football next season - can afford to lure Toure with anything like what he earns at City remains open to doubt.