• Dimitri Seluk is concerned Guardiola could sell his client, as he did at Barça • ‘My grandfather would win the title with Barcelona and Bayern Munich’

Yaya Touré’s agent has claimed Pep Guardiola is overrated as a manager and admitted he is concerned he could look to get rid of the 32-year-old should he take over at Manchester City.

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The Bayern Munich manager, 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 Touré when the pair were at Barcelona.

Dimitri Seluk 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.”

Guardiola sold Touré to City in 2010, the Ivorian not fitting into his plans for Barcelona. Seluk added: “I don’t know what Guardiola’s plans are but - after what happened at Barcelona - of course it is a worry that, when he comes Yaya will be out. I hope not and Yaya hopes not.”