Yaya Toure wants to leave Manchester City because, amongst other things, the club failed to acknowledge his birthday.
The Ivorian's agent Dimitry Seluk says City made their star midfielder feel 'disrespected'.
Seluk told the Sun: "City don't know that money can't buy relationships – no Sheikh can buy a relationship. This isn't about money or a new contract – it's about human relationships and City have shown they don't respect him. I repeat, this is not about money. In fact, he would take less to return to Barcelona.
"What happened at his birthday meant the club don't care about him. It was proof. They can say whatever they want, 'Oh we like him but we forgot'.
"Forgot? About Yaya? The player who helped you to be two-times Premier League champions? The guy who helped you win the FA Cup and the League Cup?
"But when you win the title on May 11, a day later you go to Abu Dhabi and on May 13 you have a big party to celebrate the title and nobody comes to Yaya to say, 'Happy birthday', what more do you want?"
Despite the claim made by his agent, the video below shows the club gave the midfielder a cake and sang Happy Birthday to him on the club's plane.
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