Kolo Toure: Yaya should consider Marseille move

Kolo Toure has advised brother Yaya to consider a move to Marseille and end his purgatory at Manchester City.

At the centre of a war of words between agent Dimitri Seluk and manager Pep Guardiola, the 33-year-old has played in one competitive match this season - a Champions League qualifier against Steaua Bucharest.

Yaya was then excluded from Guardiola's 25-man squad for the continental tournament, sparking a feud that's yet to be fully resolved.

With just seven months remaining on his City contract, a transfer in January looks likely.

Kolo would like to see his sibling back in France.

"Yes, why not? He still has talent and some things to prove. It's certain that it's difficult at City right now," he said in quotes translated by Sky Sports' Charlotte Marsh. "We have all been through that. You're at the top at one moment, and then you go back down. You have to understand that you need a change of scenery, go to a place where people want you.

"I haven't spoken about it with him. He's still at City. But OM is a super club and he knows the French league well."

Yaya played for AS Monaco during the 2006-07 season, scoring five league goals in 27 appearances. His performances for the principality outfit earned him a £10-million move to Barcelona, where he encountered similar problems with Guardiola.

Marseille could use a talisman like Toure to guide the former Champions League winner back to relevance in Ligue 1 and Europe. American businessman Frank McCourt recently took over the south coast club and promised to invest €200 million into it.