{"id":3136,"date":"2026-06-13T18:47:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T18:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=3136"},"modified":"2026-06-13T18:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T18:47:25","slug":"yaya-toure-lands-first-head-coach-role-and-promises-something-unique-after-watching-new-side-face-man-city-in-champions-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/?p=3136","title":{"rendered":"Yaya Toure lands first head coach role and promises &#8216;something unique&#8217; after watching new side face Man City in Champions League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\" data-affiliate-button-variant=\"D\">\n<div>\n<p>Interestingly, Toure\u2019s interest in the role was piqued after observing Slovan Bratislava compete on the biggest stage against his former employers. Having witnessed their performance against Manchester City in the Champions League, Toure felt the time was right to launch his own solo project. The Ivorian had been waiting for the right opportunity to step out from the shadow of more established managers like Mancini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an assistant, I had the opportunity to work with Roberto Mancini, for example, but I\u2019ve longed for a long time to be able to work on my own project as a head coach. I appreciate that this opportunity is coming at a top club, which I recently watched in a Champions League match against Manchester City. I really can\u2019t wait for Monday; I\u2019m excited about what lies ahead,\u201d Toure concluded. <\/p>\n<p>With the three-year contract secured, Toure will officially begin his tenure on Monday, aiming to keep Slovan at the pinnacle of Slovakian football.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interestingly, Toure\u2019s interest in the role was piqued after observing Slovan Bratislava compete on the biggest stage against his former&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racingsport.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}