Kolo Toure

Preparations for Ivory Coast’s upcoming match against Greece where it by the news that Yaya Touré and Kolo Toure have lost their younger brother Ibrahim Toure at the age of 28. Both the Touré brothers are influential to the Ivory Coast team, but this news has left the preparations in tatters. It is understood that Ibrahim was suffering from cancer for a few years. He was also a footballer, but played in lesser-known leagues. It was not known whether Kolo Toure and Yaya Touré will be departing the World Cup 2014 in order to participate in the final duties.

Preparations for Ivory Coast’s upcoming match against Greece where it by the news that Yaya Touré and Kolo Toure have lost their younger brother Ibrahim Toure at the age of 28. Both the Touré brothers are influential to the Ivory Coast team, but this news has left the preparations in tatters. It is understood that Ibrahim was suffering from cancer for a few years. He was also a footballer, but played in lesser-known leagues. It was not known whether Kolo Toure and Yaya Touré will be departing the World Cup 2014 in order to participate in the final duties.

However, Ivory Coast football Federation has confirmed that both players have decided to stay with the national team. A lot of support has been coming in from various quarters including Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Ibrahim was a regular presence of the Manchester City training ground in order to support his bigger brother Yaya Touré. The Premier league outfit have also sent their condolences to the duo. For long periods, the participation of Kolo Toure was in doubt after he suffered a bout of malaria just before the tournament.

The news came after Ivory Coast’s 2-1 defeat at the hands of Colombia, which has put them on the brink of exit from the competition.

“A tough day for the Touré brothers. Just hours after the match Colombia v Côte d’Ivoire (2-1), Kolo and Yaya have learned of the death of their younger brother Touré Oyala Ibrahim. The entire Ivorian delegation to Brazil supports them in this painful circumstance. The president of the Ivorian Football Federation [FIF] and the Executive Committee are to inform the family of Ivorian football, the death of Ibrahim Touré occurred on Thursday June 19 in Manchester,” said a statement on the Ivory Coast football Federation a few hours after the news.

Kolo Toure failure to create history by becoming the first player to win the Premier league title with three different teams after his Liverpool lost out to Manchester City in this year’s competition. Toure went into the final game of the season against Newcastle with an opportunity to win the league title with Liverpool. He has already lifted the league title with Arsenal and Manchester city in the past. After having joined Liverpool only in the summer on a free transfer, the title would have been a crowning glory to the season.

Kolo Toure failure to create history by becoming the first player to win the Premier league title with three different teams after his Liverpool lost out to Manchester City in this year’s competition. Toure went into the final game of the season against Newcastle with an opportunity to win the league title with Liverpool. He has already lifted the league title with Arsenal and Manchester city in the past. After having joined Liverpool only in the summer on a free transfer, the title would have been a crowning glory to the season.

As it is, City are now the champions after they managed to finish two points above Liverpool, who practically threw away the title in the 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace. Despite this disappointment, the defender has stated that he is confident that the club will learn from their mistakes this season and comeback stronger next season. Despite missing out on the title, Liverpool can revel in the fact that they have made a return to the Champions League group stages as result of the second place finish. More importantly, they need not have to go through the play-offs in order to get to the stage.

Liverpool managed a spectacular run of 13 victories since the start of the New Year.

“I think we did everything we could and at the end City won it. The most important thing was that we have been fighting until the end. We will learn from the mistakes we made and next year we will be better. Nobody expected us to be where we are, but we lacked a little bit of experience and that is why I think we will gain experience. We will gain experience by making those mistakes and losing the title like we did,” said the former Arsenal defender.

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré has said that he is impressed by the regime of Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool.

The former Chelsea youth team manager has been able to get the team, which finished seventh in the league last season, to be in a position of winning the title with only five matches remaining. City will be the visitors to Anfield to take on Liverpool in a top of the table clash. Touré will be aware that City need to win the match in order to win the title. Even though they have two matches in hand, Liverpool have a four-point advantage.

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré has said that he is impressed by the regime of Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool.

The former Chelsea youth team manager has been able to get the team, which finished seventh in the league last season, to be in a position of winning the title with only five matches remaining. City will be the visitors to Anfield to take on Liverpool in a top of the table clash. Touré will be aware that City need to win the match in order to win the title. Even though they have two matches in hand, Liverpool have a four-point advantage.

Touré says that the regime of Rodgers has been so impressive that even his brother – Kolo Toure – speaks about it in glowing terms despite not getting regular game time at Anfield this season. Kolo moved to Liverpool in the summer on a free transfer from Manchester City.

Even though he was involved in the first half of the season, the second half has been very tough for the former Arsenal player. Kolo Toure could become the first in the Premier league to win the title with three different teams. He has done it with Arsenal and Manchester City in the past.

Yaya Touré is expected to start in the midfield for City as one of the big players.

“This year they have been playing as a team. Brendan Rodgers is a great manager and everybody has been happy with him. Even my brother Kolo has had low game time but he is very happy with him. He always keeps his team 100 per cent fit and concentrating so it’s going to be tough. Against Liverpool, everything is going to come from everywhere. [Steven] Gerrard can score penalties and free-kicks and Suarez is a danger man,” said Touré.

Kolo Toure wore the Arsenal jersey for 6 years as he was signed back in 2002 with a fee of €150,000 after a short trial and ever since making his debut with the Premier League club, he was a consistent performer as he made over 25 appearances for Arsenal in every single season.
Former Arsenal player Ray Parlour has revealed what Kolo Toure made during his trial which convinced Arsene Wenger on signing the Ivorian midfielder and according to Parlour, the strategy that Kolo Toure had was to smash some of Arsenal’s key performers with tackles and challenges.

Kolo Toure wore the Arsenal jersey for 6 years as he was signed back in 2002 with a fee of €150,000 after a short trial and ever since making his debut with the Premier League club, he was a consistent performer as he made over 25 appearances for Arsenal in every single season.
Former Arsenal player Ray Parlour has revealed what Kolo Toure made during his trial which convinced Arsene Wenger on signing the Ivorian midfielder and according to Parlour, the strategy that Kolo Toure had was to smash some of Arsenal’s key performers with tackles and challenges.

Parlour told talkSPORT: “They rolled the ball into Thierry Henry. Kolo Toure from nowhere smashed him, right from behind, two footed tackle, a terrible tackle.

“Seriously could have been a red card in a normal game. Our best player is on the floor rolling around. Arsene Wenger screams, ‘Kolo, what are you doing? Don’t tackle, don’t tackle!’

“Next minute, ball goes into Dennis Bergkamp. Kolo Toure, exactly the same, two-foots Dennis Bergkamp. We’re thinking this is unbelievable.

“The next ball comes in and he makes a great tackle, Kolo Toure, but the ball flips up in the air and Arsene Wenger used to stand right in the middle between the midfield and the forwards and he’d try and look at all the movement.

“The ball’s gone up in the air and where did it land? Right at Arsene Wenger’s foot. He’s two-footed Arsene Wenger! Proper tackle! The lads are thinking this is unbelievable. The trialist has taken out Henry, Bergkamp and Wenger on his trial.

Kolo Toure went on making over 200 appearances for Arsenal during his stay with the Premier League club until he was offloaded to Manchester City for a price tag of €14 million which is a huge profit for the club of Arsene Wenger considering the fact that they signed him for less than €1 million.

Kolo Touré has recently been the talking point amongst the Liverpool fans and with him scoring on both ends in the match against Fulham shows how fans can react when you are not doing well. Touré has not been in the best of forms lately and has two own goals next to his name, one with West Bromwich Albion which was an equalizer for West Brom and another was in the thriller against Fulham where he opened the scoring for Fulham in the midweek match.

Kolo Touré has recently been the talking point amongst the Liverpool fans and with him scoring on both ends in the match against Fulham shows how fans can react when you are not doing well. Touré has not been in the best of forms lately and has two own goals next to his name, one with West Bromwich Albion which was an equalizer for West Brom and another was in the thriller against Fulham where he opened the scoring for Fulham in the midweek match.

The game was however won by Liverpool as Steven Gerrard scored the winner from a late penalty. Kolo Touré has been sloppy in his defending and that has hurt Liverpool as the Merseyside now have only 4 clean sheets in their last 21 games. Touré who has been a precious defender for both Arsenal and Manchester City and his transfer to Liverpool was supposed to strengthen the back four which has always been vulnerable in the last few years.

Cissokho who came to Liverpool from Valencia was drawn to the Ivorian mainly because they could speak French and he is backing the defender at this time. He said that there are times when a defender goes through such a stage in his career and it is important for the fans to stand by him during that time.

It is not always possible to keep up the good form throughout the career and so far Touré has been performing well for the team. His last few games have not been up to the mark although Liverpool did manage to win the games crucial games like the one against Arsenal and the one against Fulham where they trailed twice in the match. Cissokho has urged the Liverpool fans to be on Touré’s side now as he is going through a tough time.

He also feels that there are some more important matches coming up and they would try their level best to secure the top four spot in the Premiere League to get a chance to play in the Champions League next season after a long time.

Kolo Toure has said that Liverpool is still in with a chance to become the English top flight champion this season.

In their last league outing against Aston Villa the other day, the Reds couldn’t secure 3 points. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Liverpool had gone into that game with the expectations of a win, but, their start was not less than a disaster. With about 10 minutes remaining in the first half, they had gone down by 0-2 and an upset seemed to be on the cards, but, they lifted their game in time and managed to level the proceedings.

Kolo Toure has said that Liverpool is still in with a chance to become the English top flight champion this season.

In their last league outing against Aston Villa the other day, the Reds couldn’t secure 3 points. The match ended in a 2-2 draw.

Liverpool had gone into that game with the expectations of a win, but, their start was not less than a disaster. With about 10 minutes remaining in the first half, they had gone down by 0-2 and an upset seemed to be on the cards, but, they lifted their game in time and managed to level the proceedings.

The position of Liverpool in the league points table is still very good. They are at no. 4, but, the problem is the no. of points that they have got. It’s only 43. Chelsea which is just one position ahead of them in the table has got 6 more points, while, Arsenal which is topping the table has got 8 more points. At this stage of the league, these are big differences and to win the competition from here on, the Reds need to play seriously well.

Toure who played for the full 90 minutes in the game against Villa admitted that his team didn’t perform that well, but, according to him, the other title contenders can also have days like these.

Talking to the reporters at the end of the game, the 32 years old Ivorian international said, “I don’t think we are out of it. The other sides can also have tough days. We just have to forget this and get prepared for the upcoming match.”

Liverpool’s next match is a FA Cup clash against AFC Bournemouth. That game will be played at Dean Court Ground on 25th of January.

Luis Suarez recently signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool, but the threat of the Uruguayan leaving the club does not appear to have diminished. This is because of Liverpool’s inability to finish in the top four for the last few seasons.

Defender Kolo Toure, who joined the club on a free transfer from Manchester City in the summer, says that their major hope of keeping Suarez rests in the ability to win a title. Liverpool are in with a shout to finish top of the table on Christmas Day due to the recent run of form.

Luis Suarez recently signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool, but the threat of the Uruguayan leaving the club does not appear to have diminished. This is because of Liverpool’s inability to finish in the top four for the last few seasons.

Defender Kolo Toure, who joined the club on a free transfer from Manchester City in the summer, says that their major hope of keeping Suarez rests in the ability to win a title. Liverpool are in with a shout to finish top of the table on Christmas Day due to the recent run of form.

They recently thrashed one of the favourites for the top four – Tottenham – 5-0 at their home ground. Suarez was once again on the scoresheet, and he has an impressive 19 goals in the Premier league this campaign. Toure has said that Liverpool certainly do not want to see him play for another team, what he has admitted that it will be difficult to keep the 26-year-old if Liverpool do not finish in the top four. Suarez came close to leaving for Arsenal in the summer, while Real Madrid are set to be monitoring the situation.

He is right now regarded as the best player in the world. Suarez finished the last season with 30 goals, but missed a large portion of the campaign.

“I think now he can see that all the players want to fight and want to try to win this title, definitely. We don’t, of course, want to lose him to another team. And you can see that everyone from this team wants to improve the club, to try to win a trophy. He is a great player and was amazing at Spurs, playing like he always does. He is so important. The fact that he was captain showed how much the manager respects him and I think he is a leader as well,” said Toure.

Liverpool defender Martin Kelly has spoken to the club’s official website about defender Kolo Toure, who joined the club only in the summer on a free transfer from Manchester city. He has proven to be a great signing for the club with a string of impressive displays.

He has been one of the main reasons in getting Liverpool close to the top of the table after a great start to the season. Kelly has said that Toure has proven to be an inspirational player for Liverpool despite joining the club only in the summer.

Liverpool defender Martin Kelly has spoken to the club’s official website about defender Kolo Toure, who joined the club only in the summer on a free transfer from Manchester city. He has proven to be a great signing for the club with a string of impressive displays.

He has been one of the main reasons in getting Liverpool close to the top of the table after a great start to the season. Kelly has said that Toure has proven to be an inspirational player for Liverpool despite joining the club only in the summer.

The 31-year-old is a vastly experienced Premier league campaign having been part of the Arsenal’s last title winning team almost a decade ago. Kelly has revealed that Toure is a great personality who is willing to help the younger players all the time. Irrespective of being in the team or not, Toure is willing to help other players using his experience of the game. Toure was a £ 16 million signing for Manchester city, but he soon fell out of favour with manager Roberto Mancini. He said that the reason behind moving to Liverpool was to play regularly in order to get into the World Cup squad.

There is a lot of competition amongst defenders at Liverpool following the arrival of players like Sakho and Cissokho in the summer.

“Kolo’s a great person. He’s come in as a big character for the club and helped a lot around the dressing room. Whether he’s on your team or not in training, he’s giving advice to everyone and you like that as a defender. You like feeling as though you’re a full team. There are big players here who are helping to keep everything together, from the goalkeepers straight through to the strikers. That’s been the balance in our team so far this season. It’s been brilliant,” Kelly told Liverpoolfc.com.

Liverpool recently brought in former Arsenal and Manchester City defender Kolo Toure on a free transfer. He signing comes at an important time for the club according to manager Brendan Rodgers. The club recently lost the services of defender Jamie Carragher, who retired from football at the end of last season.

Liverpool recently brought in former Arsenal and Manchester City defender Kolo Toure on a free transfer. He signing comes at an important time for the club according to manager Brendan Rodgers. The club recently lost the services of defender Jamie Carragher, who retired from football at the end of last season.

Replacing Carragher was always going to be one of the toughest jobs in football because of the quality shown by the former England international over the last two decades. However, Rodgers is confident that Touré will be capable of doing that exactly because he has a lot of Premier league experience.

As a result of joining Liverpool, the Ivory Coast international becomes one of the few members of the squad to have won the Premier league. He lifted the title with Arsenal in 2004 and also with Manchester City only recently.

As a result of the signing, Rogers has said that he does not need to go into the transfer market in search of a new defender. Of course, the situation may change depending upon the future of Daniel Agger, who continues to be linked with a move to Barcelona. The Spanish champions have made an offer of £ 17 million for the player, who was recently made as the vice-captain for the club.

“Defensively, I think we’ll be fine. Kolo has been terrific since he came in here. He may be 32 years of age but he’s super fit and in great condition.

“He’s a player who has looked after himself all his life. His age is no barrier and he’s someone with a winning mentality. We have a number of other outstanding centre-halves in Daniel Agger and Martin Skrtel,” said Rodgers.
The club will be opening the new Premier league campaign with a home match against Stoke City, who have been a bogey team in the past.

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