Adrian Mutu Pays US$24.5 Million

[moby]

the guy is basically bankrupt now, he is being forced to pay chelsea 17 miillion euro's as compensation. the case is disgusting. for those unfimiliar with the case (that includes me)

In August 2003, Roman Abramovich’s nouveau-riche Chelsea signed Mutu from Parma for £15.8m (€18.6m by today’s conversion). After an explosive start the Romanian lost his way in the second half of the season, and by the onset of the 2004-05 campaign began to encounter a few problems with new Blues manager Jose Mourinho. In September 2004, Mutu failed a drugs test for cocaine for which he would receive a £20,000 fine from the Football Association (FA) together with a seven-month ban. Chelsea also took the additional step of sacking Mutu, leaving him as a free agent.

Despite still having a further five months of his suspension to run, Mutu then joined Juventus on a free transfer in January 2005 (he would then move on again to Fiorentina in the summer of 2006), with the Bianconeri fighting off all attempts by Chelsea to gain compensation.

What would follow is years of legal wrangling between Chelsea and Mutu, culminating with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that the striker had committed a breach of contract by taking cocaine, and that under FIFA’s laws for compensation he was liable for the transfer fee Chelsea wrote off their accounts when they sacked him. The final damages, following an unsuccessful appeal, were set at £14.6m (€17m).

Fucking pathetic, makes me hate chelsea now

[cigar omar]

There have been cases of Footballers failing drug tests because of substances which are found in food.

Its fucked up. So what if he takes cocaine, its not like hes hurting anyone.

[moby]

wats worser is it was chelsea's choice to release him, now they want compensation

[Chunkchenko]

Yeah its a load of bullshit that they release him then expect more money from Mutu plus in his drugs test it said he has STD's.

[moby]

Yeah its a load of bullshit that they release him then expect more money from Mutu plus in his drugs test it said he has STD's.

WTF, give the guy a break

[Adi]

So did Chelsea win this case?

[moby]

So did Chelsea win this case?

Yeah, Mutu has to pay

[TJ Hooker]

That is like kicking someone while they are down. I like it  :cheers:

On a serious note, for him not to pay it would most likely be a breach of contract
so I don't really feel sorry for Mutu. He should have read the fine-print before signing.
And although I don't care if a player does Coke or not, it is illegal and he should have
expected any and all consequences.