Kolo Toure became Manchester City's latest big-money signing on Wednesday as the Ivorian defender completed his move from Arsenal.

The 28-year-old passed a medical before putting pen to paper on a four-year contract worth an estimated £100,000 a week. "Manchester City are delighted to announce that Kolo Toure has joined from Arsenal," a statement on City's official website confirmed.

Kolo has been a central figure in a very strong Arsenal team for many years and I have been an admirer of him for a long time.
Mark Hughes on Kolo Toure

The central defender who spent seven years with the Gunners has signed a four-year contract and becomes the sixth summer signing. City manager Mark Hughes turned to Toure after Chelsea captain John Terry rejected a move to Eastlands and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger, who signed Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen from Ajax in June, decided to accept the bid of around £15 million.  

"I am delighted to welcome Kolo to Manchester City," Hughes said. "It is no secret that we have been looking to strengthen our defence and in Kolo I feel we have recruited a world class player. He brings a wealth of Premier League experience from his seven seasons with Arsenal. Kolo has been a central figure in a very strong Arsenal team for many years and I have been an admirer of him for a long time," the coach went on. "He is strong, quick, reads the game well and will be an influential figure in the dressing room."

Toure is City's sixth signing of the close-season, joining former Arsenal team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor, Carlos Tevez, Roque Santa Cruz, Gareth Barry and goalkeeper Stuart Taylor. Hughes, backed by the club's billionaire Abu Dhabi-based owners, has now spent nearly £100 million on new players as he tries to establish City as a top-four team in the Premier League.

He is strong, quick, reads the game well and will be an influential figure in the dressing room.
Hughes on the former Arsenal man

Toure struggled to find his best form last season after returning from the CAF African Cup of Nation and found himself played at right-back before being briefly dropped. But the Ivorian, who arrived at Arsenal in 2002, was a member of the 'Invincibles' team that went through the entire 38-game Premier League campaign in 2003-04 without losing a match.

Meanwhile, City defender Nedum Onuoha signed a new five-year contract with the club on Wednesday to end reports he may move to Everton as part of a swap deal for Joleon Lescott. "This is a season that we will be looking right towards the top of the table. Who knows how far the club can go. We feel anything is possible," Onuoha, 22, told City's website. "There is a brilliant mix here in terms of the squad. There are a lot of big signings that have been made but there are also plenty of lads who have come through the Academy and I think that is an important thing."