Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes Kolo Toure’s failed drugs test is a result of the player taking a “slimming product belonging to his wife”.<\/p>\n
The Manchester City defender, 29, has been suspended after testing positive for a specified substance.<\/p>\n
But Toure’s ex-boss Wenger has spoken to the player and said: “He wants to control his weight a little bit because that’s where he has some problems.<\/p>\n
“He has a clean life, is very honest, is always at home and is a family man.”<\/p>\n
Toure was informed by the Football Association that he failed a test taken at the Manchester derby last month where he was an unused substitute.<\/p>\n
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) defines a specified substance as one that is “more susceptible to a credible, non-doping explanation”.<\/p>\n
The punishment for this offence ranges from a warning to a two-year ban.<\/p>\n
After Toure’s A sample returned positive, City confirmed in a statement that the player had been suspended “pending the outcome of the legal process”.<\/p>\n
Toure has until Wednesday, 9 March to decide whether or not he wants a B sample to be tested. If he does and it comes back negative then the case would be closed and Toure regarded as not guilty.<\/p>\n
However, if he does not then he will have to submit an explanation and would face a lengthy disciplinary procedure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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