Toure vows to make Barca return

05 July 2010 10:50
ew Manchester City signing Yaya Toure admits he was sad to leave Barcelona but says he will return to the Catalan club one day.[LNB] City paid Barcelona around £27.5million for the defensive midfielder, who will reportedly become the highest-paid player in the Premier League.[LNB]Nevertheless, Toure says the decision to leave Barcelona was a difficult one.[LNB]"The decision to leave was complicated because Barca is the team of my whole life," he told radio station RAC-1.[LNB]"It was a sad decision because everybody wants to come to Barca and I have had to leave, but not playing has been difficult and it wouldn't have been normal to just sit on the bench and pick up the money."[LNB]Toure, who will link up with his brother Kolo at City, says his agent, Dimitri Seluk, was instrumental in the move.[LNB]"He told me I had to leave," he said.[LNB]"I wanted to bring more joy to the fans, but life is like that. Barca is a great club with the best players in the world and I have played less in this third season, which for me has been difficult."[LNB]Nevertheless, Toure hopes to return to the Nou Camp one day.[LNB]"I don't feel that I'm away from Barca and I'm sure I'll go back one day," he said.[LNB]

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