​Former Barcelona and current Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has admitted that he maybe made a "mistake" in letting go of Yaya Toure during his time at the Nou Camp. The ​Ivorian who will leave the Etihad at the end of the season was moved on by the Spaniard and ended up signing for City where he became an integral part of their revolution.





Toure will be making his last home appearance against Brighton tonight in what has been an exceptional eight-year spell with City where he was arguably the best midfielder in the world for around three years.













He helped City win their first Premier League title in 2011/12 and then scored an incredible 20 goals as they regained their crown in 2013/14 under Manuel Pellegrini. Guardiola was aware of his exploits after selling him and admits that he probably made a mistake.





"Yeah, of course. There was no doubt about Yaya's quality – all the managers make mistakes, maybe I made a mistake then. We tried to keep him at Barcelona but in the end he decided with his agent to come here and made an excellent decision," ​Guardiola said as quoted by Goal.











Pep Guardiola believes Yaya Toure is capable of still playing in the Premier League.



Which club will be singing 'Yaya Yaya Yaya Yaya Yaya Toure' 🎶next season?! pic.twitter.com/1cRo3fBVjE — Football Daily (@footballdailyuk) May 8, 2018





"We have to make a decision, sometimes it is good and sometimes it is bad. But when they are nice people, always I wish the best. I know he was so happy with family here and that is the most important thing. He had a lot of success. He loves the fans, the fans love him and hopefully the stadium can be like the last two or three games at home and show huge support to a guy who deserves it for what he has done," he added.





Toure has scored 79 goals in 315 appearances for City in all competitions and will be hoping to add another one tonight as he says goodbye to the Sky Blue fans.

