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Richard Jolly, ESPN.com writer 9y

Yaya Toure a transfer target for Inter Milan, says boss Roberto Mancini

Roberto Mancini has said he wants to sign Yaya Toure to help turn Inter Milan into a Scudetto-winning side.

Mancini took the Ivorian to Manchester City in 2010 and hopes to be reunited with him as he looks to transform Inter -- who are 10th in Serie A, 23 points behind leaders Juventus -- into a team capable of winning the title.

Toure, who was embroiled in a dispute with City last summer, cast doubt on his future in a CNN interview earlier this month when he refused to say whether he would stay at the Etihad Stadium.

And Mancini is keen to bring the prolific 31-year-old to Italy, telling Il Giornale: "Yaya is one of the strongest players in the world. He still is.

"He has played in so many teams. He has been in leagues in Belgium, Russia, Spain and England. Italy is the one missing. This could be the right opportunity for him to come and try.

"We are building a team. There are players that change the look of a team, and Yaya is one of them.

"Next year we could try. We need to bring three champions, and we will see that we will be ready to fight for the Scudetto."

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Mancini paid Barcelona 24 million pounds for Toure in 2010, and the midfielder ended City's 35-year wait for a major trophy by scoring the only goal in the 2011 FA Cup final against Stoke.

He also played a pivotal part as Mancini's team won the Premier League the following season -- City's first league title for 44 years.

Toure's contract expires in 2017, and the Premier League champions are yet to show a willingness to extend it.

The former Monaco player is currently in Equatorial Guinea, captaining Ivory Coast in the African Nations Cup.

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