Ex-Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure has been appointed assistant coach of the Saudi Arabia nationwide staff.
The 40-year-old will likely be working with Roberto Mancini, who managed him at Manchester Metropolis.
Mancini was named Saudi Arabia’s head coach in August and has taken cost of 4 matches since then.
Toure, who performed for Metropolis from for eight years after signing in 2010, began teaching in 2019 and leaves his position at Belgian membership Customary Liege.
The previous Barcelona midfielder has additionally hung out working with Ukrainian membership Donetsk Olympic, Russia’s Grozny, and as an academy coach at Tottenham Hotspur.
Throughout his taking part in profession Toure earned 101 caps for Ivory Coast, profitable the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015, in addition to 18 trophies in membership soccer throughout spells in Greece, Spain, England and China.
