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Mutu Owes Chelsea Ģ9.6m after FIFA Verdict


ADRIAN MUTU

By dixon9
June 6 2008

Former Chelsea striker, Adrian Mutu received a FIFA guilty verdict of a “unilateral breach of contract without just cause” and ordered to pay €12 million (10 million quid) to Chelsea for testing positive for cocaine in 2004 whilst at Stamford Bridge.

The ruling almost brings to an end a painful and sad chapter for a player who promised so much since his arrival from Parma and had begun to carve a special niche for himself in the hearts of Chelsea supporters.  I say “almost” because the FIFA ruling doesn’t prevent Mutu from contesting the fine in a civil court – which I imagine he will do given the amount of the fine.

Chelsea paid Parma £15million in 2003 for Mutu´s transfer but then made the headline grabbing dismissal in October 2004. 

Apparently, Chelsea staff and coaches had suspected his cocaine habit and when confronted, Mutu denied taking the drug.  Unfortunately, the warning signs for Mutu weren’t strong enough and he continued to indulge and show signs of having taken cocaine during training sessions – enough was enough and Chelsea carried out their own test on the player which proved positive.

This all took place not long after Abramovich bought Chelsea and with so much resentment around, instead of being applauded for the decision for taking a tough stance on drug abuse and setting an example to kids around the country, the club were subject to criticism (the “anti-Chelsea at all costs” bandwagon had begun).

Adrian Mutu leaves the FA Headquarters in Soho Square, London, after a disiplinary hearing banned hi

Mutu was immediately banned for the next seven months and later had an appeal against the Premier League's decision dismissed. Chelsea originally sought £8million in compensation but have been awarded £9.6million) by FIFA.

This amount, along with a further potential £16 million from Lyn Oslo and Manchester United for the Mikel Obi debacle after the Norwegian club forged the players contract to expedite his transfer, could add up to a pretty penny indeed! (We were again, the devil’s spawn of football at that time – since that verdict most of the media and oppo fans have gone strangely quiet!).

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Mutu Owes Chelsea Ģ9.6m after FIFA Verdict
Discussion started by 50 Years Over 100 Years , 06/06/2008 17:11
50 Years Over 100 Years
06/06/2008 17:11
Mutu Owes Chelsea Ģ9.6m after FIFA Verdict

tamotu
08/06/2008 22:55
dont get why tghe player has to pay the club

if i was caught smaoking cocaine and got fired from my job they couldnt due me surely

dixon9
10/06/2008 20:19
Well if you get paid huge amounts of money to perform at your physical best and then proceed to take something with decreases your performance (as well as being illegal) then your employer could say that you are deliberately not complying with your contract...



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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.

TheN5er
13/06/2008 01:59
to be fair there wasn't much else Chelsea could do after the way they had treated Bosnich.. but fair play to Chelsea in this instance.. don't want to get into the morality of it all as Arsenal stood by Merson (and Adams) but particularly in the case of the Merse, cleaned him up apparently and then sold him on at a huge profit.. whilst CFCs past isn't unblemished the way they took Rix back after his jail sentence for an unpalatable crime..

dixon9
13/06/2008 15:10
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TheN5er
to be fair there wasn't much else Chelsea could do after the way they had treated Bosnich.. but fair play to Chelsea in this instance.. don't want to get into the morality of it all as Arsenal stood by Merson (and Adams) but particularly in the case of the Merse, cleaned him up apparently and then sold him on at a huge profit.. whilst CFCs past isn't unblemished the way they took Rix back after his jail sentence for an unpalatable crime..

Really depends on how much you differentiate the effects of cocaine on a footballers prformance or the effects of alcohol say, 2 days before a match?

Rix served his time. He got caught out by a girl who didnīt look 15 at all, who had a colourful past shall we say, and reportedly was set up by her own mother who knew who Rix was.

Itīs not that clever dragging up other cases besides Mutu to score points when Arsenalīs past isnīt exactly whiter than white (Norris brown enevelope to get Arsenal promoted, Chapman under the table payments to get the best players in the 30īs, Peter Storey and his gold soverigns and then later, running a brothel etc etc...). You could even point to the whole morality of setting up the Premier League - designed to make the rich richer and the poor clubs poorer - Arsenal were among those in being the principle drivers of the breakaway along with Parry (ironic that their creation has become such a monster and is putting itīs creators under so much financial burden now).

In fact most clubs have a few skeletons- nobody is perfect.




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"It is born out of hypocrisy and fundamental insecurity. There have been two kids on the block for the past 12 years. Suddenly, there is a third and that one is threatening to be more successful than the others and they don’t like it." P Kenyon.

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