Toure: Gunners lost too many leaders

02 August 2009 09:09
Manchester City's latest recruit Kolo Toure believes he was right to swap the Emirates for Eastlands because Arsenal have failed to replace too many big names. The Ivorian, the last remaining member of their 2003/04 `invincibles' squad, believes the failure to replace a host of star players has made the club a less attractive proposition than Mark Hughes' City. The 28-year-old said: "I came to Man City because when you look at Arsenal you see all the great players have left the club and are now in the past. "Look at what has happened there. Thierry Henry has gone, Patrick Vieira has gone, Ray Parlour has gone. "These were the players that brought success to Arsenal and I believed it was right at this stage of my career to also move on. "We lost too many leaders at Arsenal. When we were winning the league title the spirit was fantastic, we were like a band of brothers."

Source: Eurosport