TOURE DISMISSES LURE OF CHINA
Yaya Toure says he wants to remain at Manchester City and is not interested in moving to China, amid reports of a big-money offer from the Chinese Super League. Reports last week said Toure, 33, had rejected an approach from a Chinese club that would have seen him paid around £430,000 ($536,000, 499,000 euros) a week. With his contract up at the end of the season, the former Ivory Coast midfielder faces an uncertain future, but he says he has no interest in joining the likes of Oscar and Carlos Tevez in China. "I always say that if I went to China I would end up feeling angry there," Toure said, in comments carried by several British newspapers on Tuesday. "Do you play football because you love football or do you play because you want to make money? What's the purpose?
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