Wenger defends ‘clean living’ Toure

ARSENE WENGER has claimed Kolo Toure “made a mistake” in taking a banned substance — but a leading expert on drugs in sport does not feel that defence alone will be enough to clear the Manchester City star.

As both Toure and City have maintained strict silence on the failed test which has led to the defender being suspended pending a full investigation, Wenger has filled the void.

On Thursday night the Arsenal manager spoke with the player he brought to England in 2002. And Wenger has confirmed the banned substance was almost certainly in a slimming tablet belonging to his wife. “He made a mistake by forgetting to ask ‘can I take that?’,” said Wenger. “He wants to control his weight a little bit because that is where he has some problems and he took a product belonging to his wife.