Kolo Toure

Club had one year extension option, didnt took it though.

We could take him in as defensive coach and get Kennedy punted.

 

Will he get out of bed for 3 grand a week?

 

There is a lot I would do for £3k a week

 

Ya dirty *! Im talking about big Kolo. The drop in wages will be huge. The playing wage here probably gave him sleepless nights.

 

I'm sure he can ask bro, for a soft family loan

 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/cheick-tiote-laid-rest-kolo-10643041

 

Is he still our player ?

 

Was removed from team page last week

 

BRENDAN RODGERS hasn’t given up hope of persuading Kolo Toure to stay at Celtic.

The Hoops boss has offered the 36-year-old a coaching role at the club and a place in his squad as a back-up fringe player.

As yet Toure hasn’t made up his mind as he decides whether he wants to find a club where he’d play more football.

But Rodgers has revealed he desperately hopes the former Arsenal star accepts his offer.

He said: “It’s a tough one. Kolo is still in that mindset, ‘do I want to play?’

“He’s now 36. He was fantastic for us last year, his contract has run out, but he is someone I would like to have a role for.

“Obviously, the playing role diminishes for him. He just needs time to see where he’s at, in terms of playing, or whether he falls into the coaching role more.

“It’s something that he and I have spoken about over the course of the season.

“I think that’s sometimes what happens is that players who have been at that level, and have that experience, they sometimes just get pushed to the side a little bit.

“But guys like that are very, very important, not just for changing rooms, but for clubs.

“Players like that retain the values of a club and they understand the levels expected and the pressures, and they can help in that perspective.

“It helps you as a coach or a manager, because you cannot be in the players pockets 24 hours a day.

“So these are guys that can be great lieutenants for you, and help install your standards and the values, such as giving young players a little reminder about things when you’re not there.

“A player with a profile and a status can do that for you. That’s why I think it’s so important that big clubs have guys who can do that.

“Last season I knew that to bring that stability within that defensive partnership, then he maybe could not play a lot of games, but he could be a real positive influence. I like to have those sorts of players around me.

“Look, it’s tough if you are not playing.

“But I don’t need any players going about with their heads on the floor – with that you’re not going to get anywhere really as a group.

“I think people needed to see, in all the celebrations, that Kolo was right in the middle of it. This was a guy who hadn’t played so much.

“So it is important to have good people. In the environment, you need to have the right type in there, and Kolo is definitely that.”

 

Hope he stays on

 

Yep. Hope he stays on in a coaching capacity..

 

Not sure if we need another coach unless he replaces JK.. seems like a sentimental waste of cash.

His experience was crucial last season, so thanks big man.

 

Good influence around the dressing room Prof. Agree about playing time but think he'd be good to have around as the player's seem to love him, and youth player's speak highly of him also..

 

That would be a problem. If he wanted player wages or was prepared to take a big drop..

 

100%

 

Would love to see him stay. I can't imagine he's on crazy money as it is, so I think if he were to stay on in a player-coach role, he'd most likely be willing to take a slight cut.

What better opportunity for him to get his coaching career started than to work under Brendan Rodgers at one of Europes most prestigious clubs that will most certainly be playing European football for years to come. No brainer for him and the club IMO.