Saturday, 03 July 2010

Brothers reunited at City

The Toure brothers have been reunited at Manchester City. On Friday the wealthy Arab-owned club announced the signing of muscular midfielder Yaya Toure from Barcelona on a five-year deal. The 28-year-old joins older brother Kolo, the club's captain, at Eastlands . The signing is City's second of the week following the capture of David Silva from Valencia. City manager Roberto Mancini told the club's website, www.mcfc.co.uk: "This is another fantastic signing for Manchester City, and I am very pleased Yaya has joined us, he is a very good player.” Yaya is reported to have cost £28m. Combined with the £25m they paid for Silva, and £10.5m deal for Jerome Boateng, the club’s summer spending has already hit the £64m mark.