Sampdoria midfielder Afriyie Acquah has dropped a big hint he could move to Manchester City.

Acquah clashed with City ace Yaya Toure during the African Cup of Nations, when Acquah's Ghana lost the Final to Toure's Ivory Coast on penalties.

"We went into a challenge, he dived and simulated injury. I wagged my finger at him. Yaya Touré was always my idol," 23-year-old Acquah, on-loan from Hoffenheim, told Secolo XIX newspaper.

"Once the game was over, he called me and we talked. He said that I played well and one day I'd be his heir at Manchester City.

"For now, my City is Samp. I am still in contact with Touré, though."