Kolo Toure is set to be named Wigan Athletic manager.

The Championship side's owner Talal Al Hammad has flown into London to finalise the appointment of Toure who is currently a coach at Leicester City, says The Sun.

It's said they originally wanted former Manchester City and Barcelona star Yaya Toure to take the job, though the younger Toure brother wanted to stay as a coach at Tottenham Hotspur

Kolo is keen to become a manager after five years working as a coach.

If he were to agree the stunning switch to the DW Stadium, he would become the first African international to ever manage in senior English football.

The former Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool defender has cut his teeth into coaching since he retired at the end of the 2016-17 season after a season at Celtic.

He carried on at the Scottish giants as a technical assistant, before Brendan Rodgers brought him over to Leicester when he took over as manager of the Foxes.