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Kolo Toure has revealed he could be close to sealing a deal to return to Celtic in a player/coach role.

The 36-year-old Ivorian is in advanced talks with the Parkhead side over taking up a one-year contract offer from the Premiership champions.

Brendan Rodgers has been determined to keep Toure, whose contract expired at the end of last season, at the Parkhead club and last week admitted he hadn't given up hope of convincing the former Arsenal and Man City star to stay.

Talking back in his homeland, Toure said: “I have the legs to continue for one or two more seasons.

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“Celtic are the club with whom discussions are most advanced.

“This is the most feasible track.

“I love football too much to stop today, but I also think about my future.

“Brendan is okay to teach me the trade at the same time.

“But as things stand I don’t close the door to any other club.”

Toure, made just 17 appearances in total in the Hoops last season and is now pondering whether to find a club where he’d get more game time.

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Speaking last week, Rodgers, who would love to keep Toure in his squad and have hm as part of his back room team, said: “It’s a tough one. Kolo is still in that mindset, ‘do I want to play?

“He’s now 36. He was fantastic for us last year, his contract has run out, but he is someone I would like to have a role for.

“Obviously, the playing role diminishes for him. He just needs time to see where he’s at, in terms of playing, or whether he falls into the coaching role more.

“It’s something that he and I have spoken about over the course of the season."

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“Look, it’s tough if you are not playing.

“But I don’t need any players going about with their heads on the floor – with that you’re not going to get anywhere really as a group.

“I think people needed to see, in all the celebrations, that Kolo was right in the middle of it. This was a guy who hadn’t played so much.

“So it is important to have good people. In the environment, you need to have the right type in there, and Kolo is definitely that.”