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Toure rejects Premiership for new Barcelona deal

Yaya Toure has disappointed a host of Premiership club's by signing a new contract with Barcelona. Arsenal, Manchester United and Manchester City have all been linked with a move for the Ivory Coast midfielder, but he is keen to stay with Catalan treble winners.

"He is very happy at Barca and in the city," Toure's representative Dmitri Seluk is quoted as saying by Sport.

"The atmosphere within the club is excellent and the team is marvellous and for those reasons he wants to stay and we should have a deal done this week."

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