Kolo Toure Joins Celtic Fc

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Scottish club side Celtic FC have signed Ivory Coast and Liverpool defender , Kolo Toure.

The 35 year old defender has reunite with his former club manager, Brenda Rodgers who signed him for Liverpool in 2013

Rodgers told Celtic's official website: "I brought Kolo into Liverpool to add that bit of experience and help to the centre-halves there at the time.

"You saw from his impact there and in particular last season, he was a very important player for Jurgen Klopp towards the end of last season, playing in the Europa League final.

"He was outstanding in the big games for me when I was there. He looks after himself, he's a wonderful professional and he has good experience.

"With a lot of young players in our squad, he can really help them and he can be of great assistance for the likes of Scott Brown, who is a wonderful leader.

"But he needs support and help around him as well. It will be nice for Scotty to have someone behind him who has that real big-game experience. Kolo can do very well for us."

According to Guardian, Toure could sign in time for the champions league third qualifying round match against Astana on wednesday.