Kolo Toure to Join Liverpool

Liverpool football club announced that they have agreed a deal in principle with Kolo Toure to join the club on July 1, 2013.

The Ivory Coast international, signed by Arsene Wenger from homeland club ASEC Mimosas, made his Gunners debut in the 2002 Community Shield against Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium.

On the international stage, Toure has represented the Ivory Coast at two African Cup of Nations tournaments and two World Cup finals. He has more than a century of caps for his country, for whom he has also worn the skipper’s armband.

He’ll become the first Ivorian to play for Liverpool when he joins the club.