Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has revealed that he would find it difficult to leave the club after they stuck by him during his drug ban.

The 31-year-old was banned for six months after testing positive for a banned substance, which he claims was down to taking his wife's slimming pills.

However, he has struggled to break into the team since his return, and has been linked with a possible exit.

"The club has been here for me," Toure told Sky Sport News. "Even through my tough time, everyone was behind me - the people and the staff at the club, everybody, the chairman, everybody.

"To have this support is great and that is why it would be much more difficult to leave."

Toure's contract expires at the end of the season.