Yaya Toure's manager has warned the midfielder could leave Barcelona next summer but ruled out a move to Manchester City.

The Ivory Coast international has played in only five of Barca's 10 Primera Division games so far this season after signing a contract extension until 2012 last summer.

He had been linked with mega-rich Premier League side City, where Toure's elder sibling Kolo moved this summer, but his representative Dmitri Seluk said he would only consider "more important" clubs than City.

Seluk told radio station RAC-1: "If Barcelona do not like Yaya there are eight clubs, the most important in the world, who are interested in signing him.

"If he leaves Barca, he will not go to Manchester City where, according to his brother Kolo, he would be welcomed with open arms. He would sign for a more important club."

Seluk claimed Toure was unhappy at his lack of playing time under Pep Guardiola at the Nou Camp this season, adding: "Why did Barca renew with Yaya - to have him on the bench? He doesn't understand."