Manchester City will consider selling Yaya Touré, their Ivory Coast midfielder, next summer. As they wrestle with a worsening crisis in the wake of their woeful 2-1 defeat by CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Wednesday, it has emerged that City would be open to parting company with Touré if a suitable offer is forthcoming.

The news comes as they face up to the growing prospect of a third Champions League group stage elimination in four seasons, although senior officials of the Barclays Premier League champions insisted last night that Manuel Pellegrini, the manager, retains the support of the club’s owners.

Khaldoon al-Mubarak was at the Etihad Stadium to watch the CSKA match, in which Touré and Fernandinho were sent off, but the City