Stoke City striker Berahino claims drink was spiked

Stoke City striker Saido Berahino has claimed that he failed a drugs test because his drink was spiked.

The 23-year-old served an eight-week ban earlier this season, whilst a player at West Bromwich Albion. He joined Stoke City for £12million in January after a turbulent time at Albion, where he claims "no-one protected” him following the ban.

Berahino said: "To be banned for something you really haven't done is hard to take… You go on a night out, you don't know who you are around and there are people who are out to get you… Of course, I was in a nightclub, so I hold my hand up for being irresponsible. From then on it all crashed down. To this day, I still cannot understand who would want to do that to me."