Yaya Touré arrived in Barcelona today to agree the final details of his contract. Touré is expected to sign for four seasons and he will earn approximately €1.8M per season. Barça are believed to have agreed a price of €10M with Monaco. Thierry Henry is also expected to arrive in the city this afternoon.
Touré(13/5/1983) has played 17 times for the Ivory Coast, scoring 3 goals. He will probably play defensive midfield where his strength and ball-winning qualities are most needed. Uli Stielike, the Ivory Coast coach calls him “a rock.” His main weakness is probably his lack of pace, but after Edmilson and Motta this season, he’ll seem pretty quick. With the arrival and reported photo appearance of Henry later today, Touré’s presentation has been set for Tuesday.
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MO // Jun 24, 2007 at 14:03
This is a fantastic signing. I think Yaya will end up being our buy of the season, not Henry (who i still can’t understand how he is gonna fit into the team).
I dunno about you, but from the youtube vids i’ve seen of Touré, he seems to be fast to me and he can also use his head, which will be useful on corner kicks and free kicks.
Linda // Jun 25, 2007 at 3:08
Agreed with MO. This seems like a very sensible signing since we desperately need someone like him. From what I’ve heard from neutrals, he’s quite highly rated and this is seen as a good bit of business on our part.
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