<div class="ss-art-head"><h1 class="main-headline">Toure signs City deal</h1><h3>Former Gunners star makes switch to Eastlands</h3><p class="ss-text-caption">Last updated: 29th July 2009 </p></div><div class="ss-box-promobox" id="advert_7"><div id="ad7"><a href="http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoEvEv&id=11869330&aff=1457&SS_PromoAd_Ashes" target="_blank"> <h1>England v Australia - 3rd Test</h1> England Most Runs 1st Inns - Strauss 3/1, Cook 7/2, Bopara 9/2, Bell 9/2, Collingwood 11/2, Prior 15/2 Bet £10 Get £10 Free - Open Account</p></a></div></div><div class="ss-art-body lingo_region"><div class="ss-art-subcol" id="article-sub"> <p class="ss-text-caption">Toure: Four-year deal</p><div class="ss-box ss-text-quote"><blockquote>In Kolo I feel we have recruited a world-class player. He brings a wealth of Premier League experience from his seven seasons with Arsenal.</blockquote> Mark Hughes Quotes of the week </p></div><h3>Related links</h3><h4>Teams</h4><ul>[*]Arsenal [*]Manchester City[/list]<h4>Players</h4><ul>[*]Kolo Toure[/list]<h4>Also see</h4><ul>[*]Transfer Centre [*]Fantasy Football [*]Papers [*]Your View [*]Betting [/list]</div><p class="ss-text-bold">Kolo Toure has signed a four-year deal at Manchester City for a fee reported to be in the region of £16million. </p> The former Arsenal defender agreed personal terms at Eastlands earlier on Wednesday and successfully passed a medical later in the day.</p> A severance package, which was thought to be a stumbling block, for Toure has now been agreed with the Gunners and the Ivory Coast star has completed his move after seven seasons at Emirates Stadium.</p> City boss Mark Hughes is pleased to have signed the versatile defender and believes that he will add world-class ability.</p> "I am delighted to welcome Kolo to Manchester City," The Welshman told the club's official website.</p> "It is no secret that we have been looking to strengthen our defence, and in Kolo I feel we have recruited a world-class player. He brings a wealth of Premier League experience from his seven seasons with Arsenal.</p><h4>Strong</h4> "Kolo has been a central figure in a very strong Arsenal team for many years, and I have been an admirer of him for a long time. He is strong, quick, reads the game well and will be an influential figure in the dressing room." </p> There have been suggestions that City are offering lucrative wages, but Toure's agent, Saif Rubie, insists his client has moved for footballing reasons. </p> Rubie told Sky Sports News: "Kolo is very ambitious at this time in his career. He was very impressed with (owner) Sheikh Mansour and chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak's vision for the club.</p> "For him, it is a new challenge he is very excited with what Mark Hughes is doing at the club and sees himself as a lynchpin for the team."</p> Rubie added: "Anybody who knows Kolo Toure knows that he is a man that plays and fights with his heart."</p> Everton's Joleon Lescott is thought to be next on City's wanted list after a bid of £15million was rejected by the Toffees earlier in July.</p> Hughes is understood to be ready to table an improved offer to the Goodison Park hierarchy for the England defender.</p></div>
