{"id":1096860,"date":"2019-07-03T11:38:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T10:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1096860"},"modified":"2019-07-04T12:47:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T11:47:07","slug":"yaya-toure-joins-qingdao-huanghai","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/yaya-toure-joins-qingdao-huanghai\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Man City & Barcelona midfielder Yaya Toure joins the eighth club of his career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yaya Toure has joined the eighth club of his career, signing for Chinese second division club\u00a0Qingdao Huanghai.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The former Manchester City and Barcelona midfielder had been without a club since leaving Olympiacos in December last year.<\/p>\n

Yaya Toure moves to China: Five key things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. Toure’s contract with Greek club Olympiakos was terminated in December 2018.<\/li>\n
  2. In May, the 36-year-old’s agent claimed his client had retired from football.<\/li>\n
  3. But Toure moved quickly to deny those claims<\/a>, insisting he wanted to continue in the sport.<\/li>\n
  4. He has now joined Chinese second division club Quingdao Huanghai.<\/li>\n
  5. Toure has won the Champions League and five domestic titles across spells in Spain and England.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n