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Premier League - Mutu to pay Chelsea £9.5 million
Premier League - Mutu to pay Chelsea £9.5 million
Eurosport - Fri, 06 Jun 12:37:00 2008
A commission employed by FIFA to resolve a conflict between Chelsea and their former player Adrian Mutu has ruled that the Romanian international must pay the club 12 million euros (£9.56 million).
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According to a report on the website of Mutu's current club Fiorentina, the commission ruled that Mutu must repay the Stamford Bridge club for revenues they claimed to have lost following his sacking for drugs use in 2004.
Chelsea signed Mutu for £15.8 million in the summer of 2003 but sacked him in October 2004 after he tested positive for cocaine after a drugs test.
The club estimated that the affair, which led to Mutu serving a seven-month ban, cost them £13 million in lost revenue.
Mutu, currently with the Romanian national team in Switzerland preparing for their Euro 2008 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 before moving to Fiorentina where he has resurrected his career.
AFP
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