GOONERSGUIDE ENGLISH PREMIER NEWS SECTION

This is our English Premier news section where we provide any news items that might have a significant effect on the matches being played - or sports betting in general.

English Premier News :: Manchester City sign Kolo Toure from Arsenal for £16m

Posted on 2009-07-29 by Gooner

Manchester City have signed central defender Kolo Toure from Arsenal for a reported £16m on a four-year contract.

Toure, who had seven years at Arsenal, passed a medical on Wednesday and is City's sixth signing of the summer. Toure is expected to be on a salary of £200k per week more than twice the level he rece3ived at Arsenal.

Boss Mark Hughes said: "It is no secret that we have been looking to strengthen our defence and in Kolo I feel we have recruited a world class player."

Toure told City's website: "I am still at an age, 28, where I feel I am at my peak and will play my best football."

Hughes, who recently failed to lure Chelsea centre-back John Terry to Eastlands, added: "Kolo has been a central figure in a strong Arsenal team for many years, and I have been an admirer of him for a long time.

Kolo Toure arrived at Arsenal from ASEC Mimosas in 2002 for a fee of around £250,000.

Sourced From : BBC Sport

PREVIOUS NEWS ITEM :
Peter Crouch moves to Tottenham - while Darren Bent is likely to leave