As a player, there’s no need to talk about the class Yaya Toure had — just go online and watch a masterclass on how a midfielder should play. After finishing his incredibly successful career, Toure decided to turn to coaching.He had excellent mentors to learn from, especially Pep Guardiola and Manuel Pellegrini. Now, the former Manchester City midfielder is very close to being appointed head coach of Daring Club de Bruxelles, a Belgian second division team formerly known as Molenbeek.🇨🇮 Yaya Touré now leading the race to be next Daring Brussels (ex-#RWDM) manager! 🔴⚫️ Told the Ivory Coast headcoach has accepted to join Belgian 2cd league with terms agreed with John Textor. He will arrive with a local staff around him. 💬 Daring Brussels now working on a… pic.twitter.com/gkqPzzyTD6— Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) June 25, 2025 The club, owned by John Textor, the owner of Lyon, decided three weeks ago to rebrand and revert to its original name—the one it held from its founding in 1895 until 1973, when it moved from the municipality of Woluwe to Molenbeek, both part of Brussels.Last season, the club came close to promotion, finishing third and qualifying for the playoff to enter the Jupiler Pro League, where they lost in the quarterfinals to Lokeren. Now they embark on a new challenge with Yaya Toure on the bench but with an uncertain future.Questions remain about what will happen with Textor and Lyon, and whether the American businessman will fully withdraw from football if Lyon is officially relegated to the second division. It’s far from unheard of in Belgium for clubs to disappear, merge, change names multiple times, making it unclear which club is the “real” one and which is unrelated to the defunct original.Yaya Touré ballin’ out 🥵#UCL pic.twitter.com/zMXAqHhYcC— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 13, 2025 No matter how you look at it, Toure will be handed a hot potato—he will replace Janik Ferrera on the bench and will be tasked with achieving even better results. So far in his career, he has always worked as an assistant coach, at clubs like Olimpik Donetsk, Akhmat Grozny, Standard Liege, and with the Saudi Arabian national team, where he was Roberto Mancini’s assistant. Now it’s time to see one of the best midfielders of the 21st century take on the role of head coach.##NAJAVA_MECA_8992123##
