Toure, agent pledge £100K to victims of Manchester bombing

Yaya Toure and his agent, Dimitri Seluk, have promised to donate £100,000 in support of the victims of Monday night's tragic terrorist attack in Manchester.

A concert by U.S. singer Ariana Grande was targeted in a lone suicide mission, with the homemade bomb being detonated as attendees - many of whom were children - made their way for the exits after the encore. The death toll currently stands at 22, with 59 injured.

One of the names killed in the blast was Saffie Rose Roussos, who was just 8 years old.

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The city has since shown heartening unity in the wake of disaster, and now one of its most famous locals, Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder Toure, is digging deep to help out.

"The news an 8-year-old girl went to see her favourite singer and didn't return home is too much to bear," Seluk told Sky Sports News HQ.

"Yaya and I want to help. We talked this morning about what happened and he asked me what he thought we could do. We have agreed to donate £50,000 each to help the victims of this terrible crime. It doesn't matter whether the victims are from Manchester or not."

Toure moved to Manchester from Barcelona in 2010, and has played a key role in City's most successful era. His manager, Pep Guardiola, who only moved to the northwest in 2016, was directly impacted by the attack - his wife and two daughters attended the event at the Manchester Arena, but they fortunately escaped unharmed.

"Those of us lucky enough to work every day in football can do so because of the generosity of fans across the world," Seluk continued.

"Yaya is from Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), I am Russian. It doesn't matter. Today is a chance for those of us in football to help out.

"My son is 8 years old and I can't image the pain and the suffering that the parents of Saffie will be going through today."

Manchester City opened the doors of the Etihad Stadium to act as a "support centre" to assist Greater Manchester Police during the crisis.

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