Drug-Ban Kolo Toure Hit With Record Fine - £720,000
I-CO ( Forum Moderator ) said
13:57 11/09 2011
KOLO TOURE was last night clobbered with a record £720,000 fine by Manchester City.
SunSport revealed last week the defender faced being docked up to six weeks' wages following a club probe into his six-month drugs ban.
And City chose a hardline approach by imposing the maximum penalty after finding their former skipper guilty of gross misconduct.
Toure, 30, accepted the fine and indicated he now wants to get on with his career.
And City insist there is no possibility of the PFA intervening - like they did by halving Carlos Tevez's fine last month.
A club statement said: "Following the conclusion of an internal disciplinary process, Manchester City can confirm that Kolo Toure has received a fine of six weeks' wages.
"This relates to doping offences committed by him earlier this year.
"Kolo accepts the decision and he and the club now wish to draw a line under this matter and focus on the season ahead."
PFA chairman Gordon Taylor had questioned the timing of the disciplinary process given that Toure's ban ended back in early September.
However, the hearing twice had to be postponed due to key figures being unable to attend.
Toure tested positive in early March and later admitted taking one of his wife's slimming pills.
But City continued to pay his £120,000-a-week wages - a total of more than £3million - while he was banned.
The Ivory Coast star has made five appearances since ending his ban but is now behind skipper Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott and new boy Stefan Savic in the Etihad pecking order.
KOLO TOURE was last night clobbered with a record £720,000 fine by Manchester City.
SunSport revealed last week the defender faced being docked up to six weeks' wages following a club probe into his six-month drugs ban.
And City chose a hardline approach by imposing the maximum penalty after finding their former skipper guilty of gross misconduct.
Toure, 30, accepted the fine and indicated he now wants to get on with his career.
And City insist there is no possibility of the PFA intervening - like they did by halving Carlos Tevez's fine last month.
A club statement said: "Following the conclusion of an internal disciplinary process, Manchester City can confirm that Kolo Toure has received a fine of six weeks' wages.
"This relates to doping offences committed by him earlier this year.
"Kolo accepts the decision and he and the club now wish to draw a line under this matter and focus on the season ahead."
PFA chairman Gordon Taylor had questioned the timing of the disciplinary process given that Toure's ban ended back in early September.
However, the hearing twice had to be postponed due to key figures being unable to attend.
Toure tested positive in early March and later admitted taking one of his wife's slimming pills.
But City continued to pay his £120,000-a-week wages - a total of more than £3million - while he was banned.
The Ivory Coast star has made five appearances since ending his ban but is now behind skipper Vincent Kompany, Joleon Lescott and new boy Stefan Savic in the Etihad pecking order.
Source: The Sun