Yaya Toure has revealed that he had the opportunity to join Manchester United last year before opting to sign for Manchester City where he will play alongside his brother Kolo.
Toure moved to Eastlands from Barcelona in a £24million deal following Ivory Coast's elimination from the World Cup last month.
He said of his choice:"Last year Manchester United were interested in signing me.
"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."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email
