MANCHESTER CITY legend Yaya Toure is tipped to reject any interest from Wigan and stay at Tottenham as youth coach – despite hoping to become a manager.
The former Barcelona midfielder, 39, geared up for a boss job with assistant roles at Ukraine’s Olimpik Donetsk and Russian club Akhmat Grozny.
But it’s claimed Toure has ruled himself out of contention for Championship side Wigan despite their admiration for his pedigree.
The Ivory Coast all-time great is now in his first backroom role in England after Spurs officially recruited him in August.
Tottenham also brought in their former strike hero Jermain Defoe as a coach.
And Simon Davies, who graduated from Manchester United’s famous ‘class of ’92, was named Spurs’ Head of Coaching Methodology.
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Toure joined as Tottenham’s head coach at Under-16s level.
But it followed a part-time role for the previous eight months at Spurs while he worked towards his Uefa A licence.
Toure is well settled in the area – possibly one factor why he’s happy to remain there, for now at least.
Journalist Mike Minay has suggested Wigan were “attracted” to the idea of the ex-Monaco star succeeding Leam Richardson, who was sacked as manager last week.
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But Minay believes Toure “doesn’t wish to be considered” for the position.
The Premier League icon retired from playing in January 2020 after six months with China’s Qingdao Huanghai.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
