Toure becomes the 7th player to wear the captain’s armband
this season.
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The Ivory Coast international has also withdrawn his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.
