Yaya Toure departs Tottenham Academy to join Belgian side Standard Liege as assistant coach

<p>Yaya Toure has left his role at the Tottenham Academy to join Belgian club Standard Liege as assistant coach.</p>

<p>The former Manchester City midfielder coached the Spurs Under-16s side last season.</p>

<p>He previously held positions at Ukrainian side Olimpik Donetsk and Russian team Akhmat Grozny, having left City in 2018 and ended his playing career after spells in Greece and China.</p>

<p>Toure, 40, wrote on Twitter: "I am delighted to share that I will be taking on the role of assistant coach at Standard de Liege.</p>

<p>"It's an honour to join the club and I am looking forward to working with head coach Carl Hoefkens.</p>

<p>"I would like to thank everyone at the Tottenham Hotspur Academy for their support in the 18 months I spent with the club.</p>

<p>"A special mention to Dean Rastrick, Chris Powell and all the young players. Thank you."</p>

<p>Spurs meanwhile have confirmed the appointment of Simon Davies as Academy director.</p>

<p>Davies, the captain of Manchester United's famous youth team of 1992, joined the Academy as head of methodology last year.</p>

<p>He has considerable experience of Academy football having spent eight years at Manchester City. He also worked as assistant to Vincent Kompany at Anderlecht before moving to Tottenham last year.</p>

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