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Toure ignores Man City signings as he nominates his top 5

Yaya Toure has ignored his new Manchester City teammates when selecting his top five summer signings.

One he did select has left the club - Alvaro Negredo - while another two have become United players.

Toure said: "I think definitely Di Maria and [James] Rodriguez.

"Rodriguez was a fantastic one, and, as well, United with the move for [Radamel] Falcao, he is a great striker, unbelievable."

The Ivorian spoke highly of Negredo, who left for Valencia, adding: "He's had injury problems, but he was brilliant for us last year and I think he's made a great move. We were sad to see him go because he was one of our top strikers last season. I think we are going to miss him a lot."

Toure gave a special mention for Liverpool's Mario Balotelli.

"The fifth one is one of my great friends, Mario Balotelli, like my brother. I hope he is going to do well with Liverpool because he has been involved in a few problems in the past year. But he is becoming more mature and he can control all of that."

Toure was speaking to Nissan.

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