Celtic Fc has confirmed the entry of Kolo Toure on a one-year deal.
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- 1 Celtic Fc has confirmed the entry of Kolo Toure on a one-year deal.
- 2 Kolo Toure at the age of 35 reunites with Brendan Rodgers, under the supervision of whom the Ivory Coast international used to play at Liverpool.
- 3 Rodgers replaced Ronny Deila at the leadership of the Scottish champions this summer and has clicked beforehand Moussa Dembele in the ongoing window, with Kolo Toure, who had been liberated from Liverpool, at the current addition.
- 4 Finally the Northern Irishman was gratified to squad up with the anterior Arsenal and Liverpool player yet again.
- 5 “I brought Kolo into Liverpool to add that bit of experience and help to the centre-halves there at the time,” Rodgers told the club's official website.
- 6 “You saw from his impact there and in particular last season, he was a very important player for Jurgen Klopp towards the end of last season, playing in the Europa League final.
- 7 “He was outstanding in the big games for me when I was there. He looks after himself, he’s a wonderful professional and he has good experience.
- 8 “With a lot of young players in our squad, he can really help them and he can be of great assistance for the likes of Scott Brown, who is a wonderful leader.
- 9 “But he needs support and help around him as well. It will be nice for Scotty to have someone behind him who has that real big-game experience. Kolo can do very well for us.”
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Kolo Toure at the age of 35 reunites with Brendan Rodgers, under the supervision of whom the Ivory Coast international used to play at Liverpool.
Rodgers replaced Ronny Deila at the leadership of the Scottish champions this summer and has clicked beforehand Moussa Dembele in the ongoing window, with Kolo Toure, who had been liberated from Liverpool, at the current addition.
Finally the Northern Irishman was gratified to squad up with the anterior Arsenal and Liverpool player yet again.
“I brought Kolo into Liverpool to add that bit of experience and help to the centre-halves there at the time,” Rodgers told the club's official website.
“You saw from his impact there and in particular last season, he was a very important player for Jurgen Klopp towards the end of last season, playing in the Europa League final.
“He was outstanding in the big games for me when I was there. He looks after himself, he’s a wonderful professional and he has good experience.
“With a lot of young players in our squad, he can really help them and he can be of great assistance for the likes of Scott Brown, who is a wonderful leader.
“But he needs support and help around him as well. It will be nice for Scotty to have someone behind him who has that real big-game experience. Kolo can do very well for us.”