(CNN) -- Is this Manchester City's "David Beckham moment?" When Yaya Toure's agent announced his client was unhappy because the English Premier League champion's bosses failed to wish him happy birthday, social media went into meltdown. The 31-year-old, who earns a reported $370,000 a week, has been ridiculed after his agent revealed Toure was left upset by the lack of congratulations afforded to him. According to the player's agent, Toure was barely acknowledged by the club's owners when the squad arrived in the United Arab Emirates last week to celebrate their Premier League title triumph. "None of them shook his hand on his birthday. It's really sick," his agent Dmitri Seluk told the BBC.
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Yaya Toure's brand "left damaged" by outburst says PR expert
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Agent says Manchester City midfielder is upset by lack of birthday celebrations
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His future at Premier League's top club is in jeopardy according to Phil Hall
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Public take dim view of such behavior from highly-paid sport stars
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