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Yaya Toure’s outspoken agent has once more publicly criticised Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola , suggesting to prove himself as a great manager he should go to a team like Sunderland .

Guardiola has made a perfect start as City boss, winning all of his first eight games in charge. However, his decision to oust Manchester City legends, Toure and Joe Hart out of the squad has provoked much debate and it hasn’t went down well with Toure’s agent, Dimitri Seluk.

Seluk declared earlier in the week “if Pep Guardiola wants a war then he can have one,” and has shown no signs of relinquishing that stance since.

Since managing Barcelona ‘B’, Guardiola has only managed European heavyweights, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City so far in his managerial career, and Seluk bizarrely claimed in order to truly prove he is a great manager, he should take charge of the 19th placed Black Cats or Spanish Segunda division side, Real Zaragoza.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, Seluk said: “Pep was successful at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, but take a look behind that success.

“The team he took at Barca had been built by Frank Rijkaard and then he was lucky to have Lionel Messi. It was Messi who made Barca, not Pep. Luis Enrique has shown that Barca’s success was not down to Guardiola.

“If Pep wants to prove himself as a great manager, then he should go to Zaragoza or Sunderland. Let’s see how good he is when he doesn’t take over a great team and hasn’t got half-a-billion pounds to spend.

He continued: “Could he do what Claudio Ranieri has done at Leicester or Mauricio Pochettino has done at Tottenham?

“Well we will never know because if City don’t win the league and the Champions League this season they will just give him another £100million or £200million to spend until he gets it right. That isn’t good management.”

Seluk’s comments wouldn't have gone down too well on Wearside, although I’m sure given their recent woes in the Premier League, they wouldn't mind a manager who was won 22 trophies in a nine year managerial career.