{"id":290252,"date":"2011-03-05T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/05\/manchester-city-midfielder-yaya-toure-jumps-to-the-defence-of-his-brother-kolo-over-failed-drugs-test\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T13:01:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T13:01:00","slug":"manchester-city-midfielder-yaya-toure-jumps-to-the-defence-of-his-brother-kolo-over-failed-drugs-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/05\/manchester-city-midfielder-yaya-toure-jumps-to-the-defence-of-his-brother-kolo-over-failed-drugs-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure jumps to the defence of his brother Kolo over failed drugs test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jake Watson<\/h3>\n<h4>5 Mar 2011 13:01:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.2800227661\">\n<div readability=\"17.0210526316\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pre-season Friendly ,Yaya Toure of Manchester City(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ebf71530105884_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>pre-season Friendly ,Yaya Toure of Manchester City(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"36.0076628352\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/109\/man-city\">Manchester City<\/a> star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/c%C3%B4te-divoire\/10877\/yaya-tour%C3%A9\">Yaya Toure<\/a> insists his brother is innocent of cheating after it was revealed that team-mate Kolo failed a drugs test after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/97\/man-utd\">Manchester United<\/a> game.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that Kolo took one of his wife\u2019s diet pills &#8211; unaware they contained a banned substance.<\/p>\n<p>The defender is currently suspended by his club while they await the results of a second sample.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKolo is a sane person &#8211; he did not use any substance that was illegal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy brother is damaged. And the squad is affected because Kolo is an important man for us and one of our captains. So we want a quick solution to this problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all have confidence in Kolo. I am at Manchester  City due to the insistence of my brother. For me it will be very hard to play without him in the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kolo Toure\u2019s personal manager Valer Gourizro says the club are supporting the defender through this difficult period: \u201cKolo&#8217;s reputation speaks for itself and we&#8217;re positive about that &#8211; he&#8217;s a clean player.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s got everybody around him &#8211; his family, friends, the club, everything. Everybody in the game loves him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s lucky that he&#8217;s got Yaya as well as Patrick Vieira, who he played with at Arsenal. It&#8217;s good to have them around him at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The coach, Roberto Mancini, likes him and I spoke to Brian Marwood at City last night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He said that the club will stand by Kolo and they know that he gives 100 per cent and does a lot of work for the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ebf71530105884_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/03\/05\/2380411\/manchester-city-midfielder-yaya-toure-jumps-to-the-defence\" title=\"Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure jumps to the defence of his brother Kolo over failed drugs test\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure jumps to the defence of his brother Kolo over failed drugs test<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jake Watson 5 Mar 2011 13:01:00 pre-season Friendly ,Yaya Toure of Manchester City(Getty Images) Related Links Players Manchester City star Yaya Toure insists his brother is innocent of cheating after it was revealed that team-mate Kolo failed a drugs test after the Manchester United game. It is believed that Kolo took one of his wife\u2019s diet pills &#8211; unaware they contained a banned substance. 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