Yaya Toure has admitted that he turned down Manchester United to do "great things" at Manchester City.
Midfielder wants to achieve great things at Eastlands
Yaya Toure has admitted that he turned down an offer from Manchester United to do "great things" with his brother Kolo at Manchester City.
The Ivorian midfielder moved to Eastlands from Barcelona for £24million early in July and is rumoured to be on a wage packet of around £200,000 a week.
United were reportedly interested in securing the 26-year-old's services last season, but Toure insisted his decision to join their richer, if less successful rivals, was for football rather than financial reasons.
"Last year Manchester United were interested in signing me," said Toure who is on City's pre-season tour of the United States
Everything changing
"When I was talking about renewing my contract, United asked if I wanted to sign for them. In football, you don't know what is going to happen tomorrow.
"United are a big club, one of the biggest in the world, but I chose City because they have not won anything for a long time. It's a very nice feeling to come in and see everything changing.
"It's an interesting challenge for me and I hope everything goes well. I saw a lot of things written about why I left but, for me, I wanted to play with my brother.
"That was very important for me. Now I've signed for City I'm very happy. Now my brother and I want to make great things happen at this club and I'm sure we'll do it.
"My motivation is to do great things with City, to finish second or third maybe, to get into the Champions League."
