Kolo's second best friend....

We all know that Kolo Touré's best friend at City is Emmanuel Adebayor, for obvious reasons. But who is the man that he will be calling up from Angola to hear about City's progress in January?

“It is a difficult situation, having to leave your club when we are doing so well,” said Kolo. “We are proud to represent our countries, but we will miss several important City matches while we are away and that’s hard for us and the club.

“Of course, I’ll follow our results over the internet – I’ll be checking what’s happening back at the club on a daily basis and I’ll be phoning the manager and Vincent Kompany, too. I’ll know exactly what’s going on and how we’re doing.”

Kompany, hailing from the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium, is the only member of the squad whose first language is French that is not competing in Angola. Such are the bonds of the Francophone community.