Manchester City defender Kolo Toure bested a dozen other bidding Ivorian professional footballers to seize Gervinho’s OSC Lille jersey for $4000 during an auction to raise funds for the re-equipment of a local hospital looted during the country’s post election crisis.

It was during an awards night of Cote D’Ivoire’s player of the year known as Prix Sport Ivoire, which was awarded to Gervinho, ahead of Manchester City’s Yaya Toure and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba.
The French Ligue 1 champion’s jersey was later put up for auction exclusively reserved for the Ivorian stars.
Kolo Toure was handed the shirt at the climax of the bid when he topped his offer to $4000, beating former Olympique de Marseille’s forward Baky Kone who stopped at $2000.
(Source: Goal)