Manchester United defender Eric Bailly and Serge Aurier fly home from Ivory Coast duty as Tottenham new boy says he snubbed PSG contract as he was 'not respected at my fair value'

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Ivory Coast duo Eric Bailly and Serge Aurier have flown back to England together ahead of the return of the Premier League.

Tottenham new boy Aurier and United defender Bailly have made the long journey back following their World Cup qualifying duties with Ivory Coast.

The Ivorians came up against Gabon in two World Cup qualifiers during the international break, winning the first game 3-0 but losing the second 2-1.

Serge Aurier (right) poses with Ivory Coast team-mates Eric Bailly (centre) and Wilfried Kanon

Aurier and his Ivory Coast team-mates played Gabon twice during the international break

But despite their slip-up, Ivory Coast currently sit top of their group, with seven points from their opening four fixtures and will be confident of progressing to the 2018 World Cup in Russia. 

Aurier and Bailly were joined on their flight back by ADO Den Haag centre back Wilfried Kanon and the former PSG right back uploaded a photo of the trio on Instagram, with the caption: 'La famille'.

Aurier will get his first glimpse of what the Premier League is like on Saturday when Tottenham face Everton at Goodison Park. 

Aurier has revealed that he rejected a three-year contract from PSG ahead of Tottenham move

And ahead of the weekend's action, Aurier has revealed that he rejected PSG's offer to keep him ahead of his £23million move to Spurs as he felt he was 'not respected at my fair value.'

Aurier told the CAF website: 'I am liberated in a moral sense. I have left PSG, who offered me a three-year contract to keep the adventure going. 

'I rejected that, for various reasons. I want to discover a new life because in Paris, I was not respected at my fair value.'