Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has played down comments from Yaya Toure that he forced the midfielder out of the club.

Barca coach insists he did not force Ivorian ace out of club

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has played down comments from Yaya Toure that he forced the midfielder out of the club. The Ivorian midfielder joined the Manchester City revolution in 2010, but he has since claimed that he was 'frozen out' by Guardiola. Toure says he wanted to spend the rest of his career with Barcelona, but he was left with little option but to leave Barca. However, Guardiola has now insisted that this is not the case and that he will look to resolve the situation if Barca come across Manchester City in the Champions League this season. "The doors of my office were always open," Guardiola said. "The reality is that he asked Laporta [Barca president Joan], and that he tried to convince him to stay. "If we pass the City in the Champions League, I will talk to him."