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Mutu to pay Chelsea 12m Euros
From correspondents in Bucharest, Romania
June 06, 2008 A COMMISSION charged by FIFA to resolve a conflict opposing
Chelsea and Adrian Mutu has ruled that the Romanian international must pay his
former club 12 million euros ($A19 million).
According to a report on the website of Mutu's current club Fiorentina, cited by the
Mediafax agency, the commission ruled that Mutu must repay the Premier League
club for revenues they claimed to have lost following his sacking for drugs use in
2004.
Chelsea signed Mutu for $32 million in the summer of 2003 but sacked him in
October 2004 after he tested positive for cocaine during a doping control.
The club estimated that the affair, which led to Mutu serving a seven-month ban,
cost them $26 million in lost revenue.
Mutu, currently with the Romanian national team in Switzerland preparing for their
European Championships opener against France on June 9, is expected to
appeal the decision, at a civil court. His lawyer told Romanian news channel
Realitatea that Mutu would be doing so.
After serving his ban Mutu signed for Juventus only to be transfered to Fiorentina
where he has resurrected his career
Agence France-Presse
Mutu to pay Chelsea 12m Euros
From correspondents in Bucharest, Romania
June 06, 2008 A COMMISSION charged by FIFA to resolve a conflict opposing
Chelsea and Adrian Mutu has ruled that the Romanian international must pay his
former club 12 million euros ($A19 million).
According to a report on the website of Mutu's current club Fiorentina, cited by the
Mediafax agency, the commission ruled that Mutu must repay the Premier League
club for revenues they claimed to have lost following his sacking for drugs use in
2004.
Chelsea signed Mutu for $32 million in the summer of 2003 but sacked him in
October 2004 after he tested positive for cocaine during a doping control.
The club estimated that the affair, which led to Mutu serving a seven-month ban,
cost them $26 million in lost revenue.
Mutu, currently with the Romanian national team in Switzerland preparing for their
European Championships opener against France on June 9, is expected to
appeal the decision, at a civil court. His lawyer told Romanian news channel
Realitatea that Mutu would be doing so.
After serving his ban Mutu signed for Juventus only to be transfered to Fiorentina
where he has resurrected his career
Agence France-Presse