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Kolo Toure... wants to keep the Arsenal squad together

Toure - Squad stability is most important

By Declan Taylor
 
Kolo Toure would welcome close-season signings but he believes that keeping the current squad together should be the summer’s top priority.
 
After another promising season passed without the glint of silverware at Emirates Stadium, speculation about possible comings and goings is as high as ever.
 
But after the high-profile departures of Alexander Hleb and Mathieu Flamini last summer, Toure knows that maintaining squad stability is often more rewarding than external solutions.  
 
And, speaking at the Legends and Youth Ball in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust and the Arsenal Charitable Trust earlier this month, the Ivorian explained why.
 
“I think keeping the team together is the most important thing,” he said. “When you stay with your team-mate for three or four years you start to learn how he plays.
 
“That helps you for the games and I think we have been together for a while now. It’s important for our improvement next season.
 
“Sometimes when you bring somebody else, these players have to settle and that can take a year sometimes.

“The Premier League is already difficult so if you play six months badly it’s difficult to come back.”

[Tuesday, June 02, 2009]

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