Liverpool Transfer News: Reds To Sign Kolo Toure On Free Transfer

by Joseph Dempsey

BBC. With Jamie Carragher now retired, Brendan Rodgers is on the lookout for two new centre backs and along with the 32-year old has also identified Schalke's Kyriakos Papadopoulos. Toure is currently away on City's post-season tour of America but once he returns his move to Anfield is set to be finalised quickly. The 32-year old joined City from Arsenal in July 2009 for £14 million and was part of the Gunner's "Invincibles" team that went a whole season without defeat in 2003/04. His signing though would seem to go against the club's policy of signing young players and he would become the first ever player over the age of 24 that manager Brendan Rodgers has signed since taking over from Kenny Dalglish at Anfield. Toure has struggled to break into the starting XI at the Etihad this season and has been limited to just 18 appearances. The Ivorian was also left out of ex-manager Roberto Mancini's Champions League squad. With his brother Yaya, he was part of the team that won the Premier League last season, however. But his City stay will always be remembered for the six-month ban he received in the 2010/11 season for taking a banned substance found in diet pills.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.