Manchester City won just one match in its five matches while Yaya Toure was playing for Ivory Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Agent Dimitri Seluk has said that the midfielder would like to retire at City and that the club’s owner Sheikh Mansour would never sell his prized midfielder.
"Sheikh Mansour wouldn’t sell Yaya – not even for £250 million ($385 million)," said Seluk.
"He is their most important player – as their results when he was at the African Cup of Nations proved.
"The only game they won was at Stoke – and before that their last win in the Premier League without Yaya was in April last year."
Seluk added: “City have some great players. But Aguero scores goals because of Yaya and Silva plays well when he has Yaya. He organizes the entire team and gives them control of games.
"Even if Pellegrini wanted to sell Yaya, the Sheikh and Khaldoon (Al Mubarak, City’s chairman) would not allow it.
"Barcelona have Messi and Madrid have Ronaldo. Manchester City have Yaya Toure.”