Kolo Toure Offside Following less successful spells elsewhere in his eight seasons post-Arsenal, it is easy to forget just how important Kolo Toure was to the Gunners' trophy-laden spell in the noughties. Toure would appear 326 times under Wenger, including a number of appearances as skipper in the invincibles campaign of 2003-04, and bowed out of the club as a Premier League and two-time FA Cup winner. The Ivorian centre-back, it is fair to say, was hardly a household name when plucked from ASEC Mimosas for around £150,000 in 2001, but when he joined Manchester City for in 2009 the £16m transfer generated far more headlines Wenger famously rejected the chance to sign Kolo's brother...
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