article_snippet: This summer will surely see a major transfusion of personnel at the Etihad if a major transfusion of personnel at the Etihad are to challenge Europe's best.
article_snippet: the club are in no hurry to offer the current African Player of the Year a new deal at anything like the £240,000-a-week terms of Toure last contract.
article_snippet: Indeed, with Financial Fair Play now increasingly important, the temptation to offload Toure and Toure wages to Inter Milan this summer to allow new blood is very tempting.
article_snippet: The new signings from Txiki Begiristain have been flops.
article_snippet: It is such a far cry from the excitement of the first few years under Sheik Mansour.
article_snippet: Sheik Mansour broke the British transfer record on Sheik Mansour first day and while Robinho didn't work out, Robinho did create a buzz around the place.
article_snippet: It means a major clearout this summer and Toure could well be on the list.