Manchester City are on the lookout for new coaches to join Pep Guardiola’s team in the wake of one departure and several imminent exits.
On Wednesday, Manchester City confirmed that assistant coaches Juanma Lillo and Inigo Dominguez will leave the club when their contracts expire in June.
Meanwhile, Carlos Vicens has already left City to take the reins at Portuguese top-flight outfit Braga.
Now, Fabrizio Romano has claimed that two options have emerged to join Pep Guardiola’s team – an Arsenal and City legend, and a former Liverpool coach.
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Fabrizio Romano says Kolo Toure and Pep Lijnders are options for Manchester City
Romano has taken to X to claim that City will soon make decisions on new staff members following the exits of Lillo, Dominguez and Vicens.
The transfer insider also claimed that Kolo Toure and Pep Lijnders are among the coaching options now under consideration at City.
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🚨🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Kolo Touré and Pep Lijnders are two options under consideration at Manchester City to be part of Pep Guardiola’s staff.
Decisions on new staff members soon following departures of Juanma Lillo, Íñigo Domínguez and Carlos Vicens. pic.twitter.com/ONc90TpG4K
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) May 29, 2025
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Who are Kolo Toure and Pep Lijnders?
Toure is currently one of City’s academy coaches, having returned to the club in 2024, just over a decade after leaving as a player.
Toure made 82 appearances for City between 2009 and 2013, and played a big part in their trophy-winning campaigns of 2010/11 and 2011/12.
The 44-year-old was also one of Arsenal’s Invincibles, he played for Liverpool, and he was a coach with the Ivory Coast setup, Celtic, and Leicester City.
Toure also had a short spell as manager of Wigan Athletic between November 2022 and January 2023.
Meanwhile, Lijnders is currently out of work, having last managed Red Bull Salzburg before they parted company with him in December 2024.
The 42-year-old was previously a coach at Liverpool, initially joining as development coach under Brendan Rodgers in 2014 and then becoming Jurgen Klopp’s assistant.