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Liverpool agrees to deal to sign Toure

Liverpool has agreed to a deal to sign Manchester City's Kolo Toure, with the defender poised to sign on July 1 when his contract finishes at the 2012 Premier League champion, the Merseyside club said on Tuesday. Toure, 32, has played in the Premier League since 2002 and enjoyed a successful spell at Arsenal before joining City in 2009. "Liverpool Football Club can today announce they have agreed a deal in principle with Kolo Toure to join the club on July 1," the club said in a statement on its website.