Yaya Toure appointed as Saudi Arabia Assistant Coach

Yaya Toure has been appointed as the assistant coach of the Saudi Arabia national team.

The 40-year-old former  Barcelona and Ivory Coast midfielder  will be working with Roberto Mancini, who managed him at Manchester City.

Mancini had earlier been named Saudi Arabia’s head coach in August and has taken charge of four matches since then.

Touré last work as Assistant Coach of Belgian Club Standard Liége.

The former Barcelona midfielder has also spent time working with Ukrainian club Donetsk Olympic, Russia’s Grozny, and as an academy coach at Tottenham Hotspur