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Wigan Athletic confirm Kolo Toure as their new manager

  /  autty

Wigan Athletic have confirmed Kolo Toure as their new manager, following the sacking on Leam Richardson earlier this month.

As a result, Toure has become the first African international to ever manage in senior English football.

The former Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool defender has cut his teeth into coaching since he retired at the end of the 2016-17 season after a season at Celtic.

He carried on at the Scottish giants as a technical assistant, before Brendan Rodgers brought him over to Leicester when he took over as manager of the Foxes.

Yaya has not been in coaching for as long having two short spells at Ukrainian side Olimpik Donetsk and Russian Premier League club Akhmat Grozny during 2021.

He then took up a part-time at Spurs for eight months while he worked towards his UEFA A Licence. Yaya then became head coach of Tottenham's Under-16's side back in August.

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