WHILE many people are out celebrating Valentine’s Day with their partners, real football fans are showing their love for Kolo Toure.
A year ago today, the Ivorian netted his only goal for Liverpool in a 6-0 demolition of Aston Villa.
And fans of the Reds, Arsenal and Man City, as well as plain Kolo Toure fans, are paying tribute to that momentous date by celebrating the first annual Kolo Toure Appreciation Day.
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Whether it’s his hilarious own goal against Fulham, his crunching tackle on Phil Down or his ridiculous first day of training at Arsenal, everyone has their favourite Kolo moment.
And that’s without mentioning that he scored the goal against Villarreal that took the Gunners to their only Champions League final.
Here are all our favourite memes, gifs and clips in homage to the often-overlooked Toure brother.
With the legendary former Champions League finalist’s career drawing to a close, Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers has earmarked him for a coaching role.
Rodgers said of Toure last month: ”I brought him here for a number of reasons and one of them, of course, was playing, to help us get through to the Champions League.
”That mentality, and the experience of what it takes to get there, was going to be important.
”There are also other reasons, like influence in the changing room. That doesn’t have to end after this season.
”I want to work with him and it’s something he and I will talk about between now and the end of the season.”
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