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Tottenham Hotspur are accomodating Manchester City legend Yaya Toure as he builds towards his coaching badges. The 38-year-old is working with Tottenham's academy to help make his next step after retiring from playing in 2020 to focus on his coaching career.
Yaya Toure has been pictured at Hotspur Way. (Image: JONATHAN VEAL)
Toure carries a pedigree around with him after his decorated playing career, in which he won the Champions League with Barcelona and three Premier League titles with Man City.
He will work with Spurs' next crop of prospects, including highly-rated 17-year-old Dane Scarlett and Dilan Markanday, the club's first-ever British-Asian player to make his senior debut.
Toure's time at Spurs will provide him with valuable experience as he looks to follow in the footsteps of his brother, Kolo, who is part of Brendan Rodgers' staff at Leicester City.
It's understood that Toure won't have any direct involvement with Antonio Conte's first-team squad.
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However, Toure's presence around Hotspur Way could spark new life into Dele Alli, who is in desperate need of revitalisation amid another prolonged slump of uninspiring form.
In September 2015, he admitted he believed his style of play was similar to that of the ex-Ivory Coast international.
He told the Football Association: "Harry Winks and I were talking about who I play like.
"He was trying to tell me I'm like Fernandinho but I'm not having that. I'd prefer to think I'm a cross between Gerrard and Yaya Toure."
Yaya Toure is working towards his coaching badges. (Image: GETTY)