West Ham United star Samir Nasri has admitted that he cried when he thought that his career was over.

Nasri was banned from football for 18 months for violating a drug policy, due to taking an intravenous drip for hydration.

Now he is back in the Premier League and he cannot believe how things have turned around for him.

"I'm a guy who, mentally, I'm really strong, but for maybe the first time in my life, I cried about my career because I thought it was over," Nasri told West Ham's official website.

"I had some really tough moments when I was really down.

"But now, coming back to the most competitive league in the world, with a team full of ambition with a manager that I know, and with a stadium like this... Man! It's the best job in the world!

"The competition, the dressing room, and to be back on the pitch, that's what I was waiting for, for a whole year.

"I'm looking forward to the next game, a derby against Arsenal so I'm sure the atmosphere will be even more crazy."