Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has ruled out any prospect of selling Yaya Toure despite the midfielder's limited contribution this season and his petulant red card against CSKA Moscow on Wednesday.
Pellegrini has rallied around theIvory Coast midfielder whose indifferent form has coincided with the grief of losing a younger brother to cancer and being racially insulted on Twitter.
And the Chilean boss has cheekily suggested reports that Toure will leave City may emanate from clubs who would like to buy him.(continue)
Pellegrini said: 'I think Yaya is a very important player, he scored a goal against CSKA and in the second half he made a mistake and got sent off.
'Never in my mind or anyone at the club have we thought about selling Yaya Toure.
'Maybe the stories come from other teams that want to see us weaker.'
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