Yaya Toure: Ivory Coast Legend Appointed First Team Coach at Belgium Club Standard Liege

• Yaya Toure has been appointed assistant coach of Standard Liege
• The former Manchester City midfielder leaves Tottenham Hotspur after 18 months
• Toure recently acquired his coaching license from the Welsh Football Association

Former Manchester City and Ivory Coast midfielder, Yaya Toure has been named first-team coach at Belgium topflight side Standard Liege.

The 40-year-old will join the technical team as assistant coach to Carl Heofkens alongside Frazer Robertson ahead of the 2023/24 season.

Toure has been working as an academy coach at English club Tottenham Hotspur for the past 18 months.

"With the arrival of Yaya TOURÉ as T2, the staff of our 1st team is now complete. Yaya will assist Carl HOEFKENS along with Geoffrey VALENNE and Frazer ROBERTSON," wrote the club on their official website.

The former Barcelona star expressed gratitude to Tottenham for giving him the opportunity to hone his skills as a manager.

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"I would like to thank everyone at the Tottenham Hotspur academy for their support in the 18 months I spent with the club. A special media to Dean Rastrick, Chris Powell and all the young players. Thank you," he wrote on Twitter.

The former Ivory Coast international enjoyed a stellar career abroad where he played for the likes of Barcelona and Manchester City. He also played for AS Monaco and had a short spell in China.

Toure named Tottenham U-18 coach

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Toure was named Tottenham Hotspur youth team coach ahead of the 2022/23 season.

The Manchester City legend had been working with Tottenham's developmental team since December as he acquired his coaching badges.

And according to the Evening Standard, the 39-year-old was set to join the North London club's coaching staff on a permanent deal.

Toure rejects former agent's claim

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Former Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure has furiously reacted to his ex-agent's claims that he placed a curse on the club's UEFA Champions League ambitions.

Dimitri Seluk, Toure's former agent, stated on Monday morning that the Ivory Coast legend has lifted the curse after patching up his differences with City manager, Pep Guardiola.

Following Guardiola and City's 2020 UEFA Champions League final defeat, reports went rife that Toure had cursed the club.