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Former Liverpool and Arsenal star to join Man City coaching staff for Club World Cup as he earns promotion to Pep Guardiola's senior side

Two-time Premier League winner Kolo Toure is joining Manchester City's backroom staff for the Club World Cup.

Toure, a coach with the club's Under-18 team under Oliver Reiss, is jetting off to the United States with Pep Guardiola's squad on Thursday.

City saw three of Guardiola's coaching team – Juanma Lillo, Carlos Vicens and Inigo Dominguez – depart the club at the end of the season and have moved quickly to find replacements.

Pep Lijnders, Jurgen Klopp's former No 2 at Liverpool, is in as Guardiola's assistant.