Mutu: An 'Inhumane' Punishment
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Romanian striker Adrian Mutu has described his FIFA sentence as inhumane.
Fiorentina's 29-year-old attacker Adrian Mutu was sacked by Chelsea following a failed drugs test, but has since resumed his footballing career in Serie A. Now, though, the player has been told to pay the Blues €17m to compensate revenue losses suffered by the Premiership club as a result of his ban.
The player has enjoyed a change in fortunes since he moved to Italy, putting his troubled past behind him. However, it seems as though bad luck has finally caught up with him. In 2003 Chelsea paid Parma €22.4m for Mutu's transfer, but after the player's failed cocaine test the club moved to terminate his contract.
Mutu moved to Juventus in 2005 in order to start a new adventure after his sacking, before thriving in Florence with La Viola. FIFA's sentence has been met with shock from the striker, who believes that the punishment is unfair. “My lawyers are examining the case,” confirmed the Fiorentina number ten.
“Surely this is an inhumane and unjust punishment,” moaned the Romanian, adding, “I don't think I did something so terrible as to warrant this kind of punishment. For this reason, I believe we will appeal.” -
serve him right
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Nothing will happen here i guess... He will appeal and it will be reduce to a small token... or nothing at all...
Players' union backs Mutu
World players' union FIFPro have pledged their support to Adrian Mutu as he prepares to appeal against FIFA's order that he should pay former club Chelsea £13.68million.FIFA's dispute resolution chamber announced on Thursday that Mutu must make the compensation payment after testing positive for cocaine while at Stamford Bridge in 2004..
A statement from FIFPro on their website, www.fifpro.org, said: "FIFPro is in disagreement with the decision of FIFA's dispute resolution chamber condemning the Romanian footballer Adrian Mutu to pay an amount of over 17 million euros as 'financial compensation' to his former club Chelsea, after he was caught in a doping test in September 2004 for using cocaine for which reason he was dismissed."
It continued: "FIFPro will assist Mutu when the Romanian player will lodge an appeal." FIFPro claim an English player in the same circumstances would have been treated differently.
The statement added: "When the same offence would have been committed by a player in possession of an English passport, than this player wouldn't have had to pay any damages at this dismissal, since the FA Premier League rules do not provide this.
"For this reason this can be considered as discrimination based on nationality."
They also state: "It is extremely strange that a player who is dismissed by a club must pay damages based on the transfer amount previously paid for him, whilst he has had no control whatsoever on the amount of this fee."
Romanian striker Mutu was sacked by Chelsea following his failed test and has since rebuilt his career in Italy, where he currently plays for Fiorentina. -
he did the wrong things and still want kpkb? wad an asshole
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he was sacked!!! and thats what counts... unless Chelsea paid his salary even when sacked else Chelsea should just either take him back after he served his sentences or just let it go...