ADVERTISEMENT
  • Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

I Nearly Joined Arsenal In 2003, Says Yaya Toure

by Leadership News
6 months ago
in EPL, Football, Sport
yaya toure
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

Former Manchester City star Yaya Toure has disclosed that he nearly joined Arsenal in 2003 under former manager Arsene Wenger.

Advertisement

Yaya was eager to join his brother Kolo at Arsenal, who had previously secured his own contract the previous year after a successful trial.

However, a slight issue in his paperwork later delayed Yaya’s permanent move to the Gunners.
Speaking with Ferdinand, Yaya expressed his frustration on the failed move as he agreed on a subsequent move to Ukraine before later on his career returning to the Premier League where he became a club legend with Manchester City.

“Yeah, no, because in the beginning, I think the problem was the paperwork because at that time, when I remember, it was… You have to play 75% in the national team if you don’t have the passport, European passport, or you have to have a European passport to play in England and that was the path,” he explained to Ferdinand regarding why Wenger didn’t secure his signature.

“Arsene was willing to let me go back to Belgium to carry on for, I think, one more year or two years to get the Belgian passport because at that time, I was not playing in the national team, A team.”

Related News

Italy’s Furlani Wins World Long Jump Gold In Tokyo

5 hours ago

WAC: Nigeria’s Nathaniel Breaks 38-yr Jinx, Qualifies For 400m Hurdles Final

5 hours ago

“And in my mind, I was like, it’s time for me to go abroad, test myself and try something different,” he explained.

Join Our WhatsApp Channel

Tags: Yaya Toure
SendShare10169Tweet6356Share

Other News Updates

Sport

Italy’s Furlani Wins World Long Jump Gold In Tokyo

2025/09/17
Athletics

WAC: Nigeria’s Nathaniel Breaks 38-yr Jinx, Qualifies For 400m Hurdles Final

2025/09/17
Athletics

WAC: Jefferson-Wooden, Jackson Breeze Into Women’s 200m Semifinals

2025/09/17
Sport

Nigeria Seeks To Make History As First African Host Of Commonwealth Games

2025/09/17
Football

I’m Fit To Shine In Scottish Premiership, Iheanacho Declares

2025/09/17
Football

CHAN Eagles Star Ijoma Joins Bosnian Club On 3-year Deal

2025/09/17
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

ECOWAS Chair Bio Meets Burkina Faso Leader For Talks On Regional Peace, Stability

Wike Hails Tinubu For Lifting Emergency Rule On Rivers

INEC Backs Call For Increased Women Representation In Political Leadership

Supreme Court Affirms Ondo Governor’s Election

Suspected Terrorists Gunned Down In Imo Communities — Police ¬

IPPIS Staff Pleaded Guilty To Diverting Salaries Of Ex-Government Workers

Fubara: ‘Supreme Court Should Have Decided PDP Governors’ Case’, Says Ex-ACF Scribe

Tinubu Redefining Modern Leadership, Says VP Shettima

Police Arrest 6 Suspected Illegal Miners In Niger

FIRS Loses 4 Senior Staff Members To Afriland Towers Fire In Lagos

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
    • Football
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Education
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.