Kolo Toure Suspended for Failed Drugs Test

If the Chelsea/Mutu incident is anything to go by, I bet Toure's starting to wish City hadn't spent so much on him now.
 
Andybtsn said:
When did he sign for City? Two years ago? I suppose if he's in breach of his contract he'd have to pay his remaining contract out. I guess he's on over 100k a week too :eek:
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Not too sure how they'll go about it tbh. Will they try to recoup the fee they paid, his 'value' as is stated in their accounts (which is based on what they paid - depriciation) or the value of the remainder of his contract.

IINM, in the Chelsea/Mutu case, Chelsea tried to sue Mutu for the transfer fee they paid (around £17m?) but were awarded around £14m, not that they have or will receive a fraction of that.
 
Forgive my ignorance, but do they distinguish between performance enhancing drugs or, whatever the other kind are classified as, you know, things like cannabis etc.

Or do they have a blanket policy regarding controlled substances?
 
martynziegler Martyn Ziegler
Re #KoloToure drugs test failure - 'specified substance' means ephedrine etc and various others contained in cold cures etc
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martynziegler Martyn Ziegler
If it is a cold cure-type test failure can still be serious for City/Toure - recent rugby league cases resulted in five month bans.
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from the Chief Reporter, Press Association Sport
 
AmTechFox said:
and at his age any significant ban could end his Premiership playing career no?
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Possibly but as Azza's quoted, it appears that the term 'specified substance' refers to drugs which could have a credible non-doping explanation.

He could still end up getting a reasonably large ban though. Let us all hope it's less than the 8 months Ferdinand got though, the reaction from your lot would be spectacular :D ;)

edit: and if they were performance enhancing drugs, lets hope he kept the receipt :p
 
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