By Victor Kanayo
African football legend and former Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure, has staged a return to the English Premier League (EPL) after Tottenham handed him appointment as Under-16 Coach.
Toure arrives at Spurs with a wealth of experience after winning 13 major trophies as a player, including three Premier Leagues, a Champions League and an African Cup of Nations.
The 39-year-old will be Head Coach for the club’s Under-16 side after working at Spurs on a part-time basis for the last eight months as he works towards his UEFA A Licence.
According to Dailymail, Tottenham legend Jermain Defoe has already been announced as a new Coach, and will work alongside the Academy staff.
Spurs have been making a number of changes to their youth set up – having also given a coaching role to iconic former striker Defoe – and Simon Davies, a member of the famous ‘class of 92’ Manchester United youth side who will be their Head of Coaching Methodology.
He has some coaching experience after working as a player-coach under Steven Gerrard at Rangers.
On week two action schedule, Tottenham will confront Chelsea on Sunday.
