KOLO TOURE HAS been appointed as the new manager of Sky Bet Championship club Wigan.
The former Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool defender succeeds Leam Richardson, who was sacked earlier this month.
Toure has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with the Latics after leaving his coaching role at Leicester.
He takes over at the DW Stadium with the club 22nd in the table having won just six of their 21 games.
Chief executive Malachy Brannigan said: “We are delighted that Kolo has become the new manager of Wigan Athletic Football Club, and the board are pleased that he is the man to take us forward.
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— Wigan Athletic (@LaticsOfficial) November 29, 2022
“We received a high calibre of applicants for the manager’s job in recent weeks, in a very thorough recruitment process as we looked to appoint the right person for the role.
“From the earliest of conversations we had with Kolo, it was evident to us that he had instantly bought into the values of the club with his enthusiasm, knowledge and immense desire to work and be part of Wigan Athletic shining throughout the process.
“There is no doubt that this appointment is an exciting one for the football club. Kolo is a manager who wants to play a positive brand of football and will strive every day to make the club stronger.”
Well done Kate. Absolutely outstanding
Delighted for you, so proud of achieving Silver, after a stunning indoor championship. What an athlete. A fantastic role model for every athlete in lreland, well done and thanks for time and effort put in to allow us to have Olympic dreams again
Fantastic achievement, well done.
Watched you all the way. Brilliant. Well done. Also well done to the BBC coverage who were cheering you on all the way. No “ Our Girl” language.
Well done Dundalk proud
Some achievement on the world stage, fair play to her and her team. Looking forward to watching her over the next decade please God. Another Irish female star.
Soooooooo proud
Brillent next its gold .Anyone know what station its on so i wont miss next two days
@SEAN: found it
@SEAN: bbc 2
Fair play Kate. Phenomenal performance!
Amazing stuff – what an achievement and what a 2 weeks! New Irish sporting superstar in the making, congrats Kate! Now imagine what she could do if she was a full time pro…
Amazing stuff
Only saw the 800m but she pulverised her rival for silver. And the gold medal winner didn’t find it too easy to keep up with her. There is surely more to come!
Outstanding achievement!
Will she be saying the same thing when she represents Northern Ireland at the commonwealth games next year? British occupied
@John Deane: Unlikely John if you knew anything about her! You should try and poison some other thread instead
@John Deane: born in the republic off ireland dundalk
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