Toure withdraw his request to leave after being made captain

• zocoss

  10 Jan 09, 23:02

  

  Toure becomes the 7th player to wear the captain’s armband this season.

   

   

  KOLO TOURE has been handed the Arsenal captaincy — and decided to stay at the club.

   

  The defender slapped in a transfer request less than two weeks ago and has been linked with a £10million move to big-spending Manchester City.

   

  But boss Arsene Wenger revealed yesterday he has made Toure skipper until the injured Cesc Fabregas returns.

   

  The Ivory Coast international has also withdrawn his request to leave, which followed a bust-up with William Gallas.

   

  Toure, 27, becomes the SEVENTH player to wear the captain’s armband this season, after Gallas, Fabregas, Mikael Silvestre, Robin van Persie, Lukasz Fabianski and Manuel Almunia.

   

  Wenger had indicated before he would rotate the captaincy until Fabregas is fit to return from his knee injury.

   

  But the Frenchman said: “When Kolo Toure plays he is captain. I don’t know what made him withdraw the transfer request.

   

  “You watch him work every day and he works like mad with his commitment. He is the longest-serving player we have and, because of his quality, I would hate to see him go.

   

• gunner77

  11 Jan 09, 00:44

  wow

  swee man

• omgukilledkenny

  11 Jan 09, 01:02

  High time he tio selected.

• thongs

  11 Jan 09, 02:12

  i think he should be the vice capt

• limpper

  11 Jan 09, 03:34

  lol. so xian shi, got captain band only don wan go liao.

• Patrik

  11 Jan 09, 04:40

  Originally posted by limpper:

  lol. so xian shi, got captain band only don wan go liao.

  
  I was just about to say that

  LOL

• dragg

  11 Jan 09, 10:37

  crap lah.

  he stayed just because he was made captain until fabregas return?