City agree £14m Toure deal
Stuart Brennan
July 29, 2009
KOLO Toure will arrive in Manchester today to complete his £14m move to City from Arsenal.
The Ivory Coast international left the Gunners' training camp in Austria on Tuesday to head back to London after the clubs are understood to have agreed a fee.
The move will take the Blues' summer spending spree beyond the £90m mark, and sources at City suggest that the revamp is not yet finished.
The player has yet to finalise the details of his personal terms, but no problem is expected and Toure should complete his medical later today and be officially announced as the Blues' latest signing on Thursday. Toure has been a target since the transfer window in January, and was not a second choice after the failure to land John Terry.
But he is likely to miss a month of the season, along with Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor, for the Africa Cup of Nations from January 10-31 next year.
City will then turn their full attention towards breaking through the stalemate with Everton over the signing of Joleon Lescott.
The Blues have made a £15m bid, but Everton want at least £5m more and are expected to ask for Nedum Onuoha as part of the deal.
The Blues are also looking to recoup some of their outlay, although Italian reports of AC Milan's interest in Elano appear to have been wide of the mark - although Inter Milan and Panathinaikos have been tracking the Brazil international.