Wigan Athletic have appointed Arsenal and Manchester City defender Kolo Toure as their new supervisor on a three-and-a-half-year contract, the struggling Championship membership mentioned on Tuesday.
Toure, who made 353 appearances within the Premier League for Arsenal, City and Liverpool between 2002–16, was beforehand a part of the teaching set-up at Leicester City and Scottish facet Celtic underneath Brendan Rodgers.
The 41-year-old former Ivory Coast worldwide replaces Liam Richardson, who was sacked earlier this month because the second-tier membership fell into the relegation zone after six defeats in seven matches.
“We are delighted that Colo has become the new manager of Wigan Athletic Football Club, and the board are delighted that he is the person to lead us forward,” membership chief govt Malachy Brannigan mentioned in an announcement.
✍🏼 We are delighted to verify the appointment of Kolo Touré because the membership’s new First Team Manager!
Welcome to Vigan, Colo 💙#wafc #to simply accept
– Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) November 29, 2022
“We have obtained a excessive quantity of candidates for the Manager job in current weeks in a really intensive recruitment course of as we search to nominate the best particular person for the function.
“From our initial conversations with Kolo, it was clear to us that he immediately bought into the club’s values – with his enthusiasm, knowledge and immense desire to work and be a part of Wigan Athletic shining through throughout the process.”
👊🏼 Beginning of a brand new period…#wafc #to simply accept pic.twitter.com/BmghKbvxNe
– Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) November 29, 2022
Wigan spent eight seasons within the Premier League earlier than being relegated in 2013, the identical yr they received the FA Cup. They are struggling within the championship this season and are positioned twenty second after 21 matches. They will subsequent play Millwall on 10 December.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
