Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has been fined six weeks’ wages by the club over his failed drugs test.
Toure was banned for six months in May, back-dated to 2 March, after he tested positive for a prohibited substance.
The Ivory Coast international, 30, has played five games since returning from the ban in September.
A City statement read: « Kolo accepts the decision and he and the club now wish to draw a line under this matter and focus on the season ahead. »
Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor previously said the club’s disciplinary hearing into Toure’s failed test had « shocked » the former Arsenal centre-back.
« It just seems strange that, after being welcomed back to the club and reinstated as captain for Carling Cup matches, that someone has come up with this hearing, » stated Taylor.
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