Fiorentina Striker Adrian Mutu Forced To Retire

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Fiorentina Striker Adrian Mutu Forced To Retire From Football Over Chelsea Compensation - Report
The striker will be forced to quit football by Chelsea if he doesn't pay the compensation within the next 48 hours, according to reports in Italy...

Adrian Mutu will be forced to quit football by Chelsea if he doesn't pay them the €17,173,990 compensation he was ordered to by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and the race is now on to try and save his career, according to La Nazione.

Mutu has until Monday to pay Chelsea the compensation. If he doesn't, then the Premier League side will force the player to quit by applying to FIFA for a ban.

The race is now on to try and find a solution and the report suggests Mutu is looking at every avenue. It is said Fiorentina and the player's legal team are looking towards UEFA and the European Courts for a hand. Furthermore, voices in Italy claim Chelsea are in no mood to offer the player a chance to find the cash. He either pays, or stops playing football, putting his career at risk.

News emerging from Italy has shocked the country, and Florence in particular. The Della Valle family who own Fiorentina are also getting involved and they have applied to the Italian FA to support them. Italian minister for work Maurizio Sacconi is urging the Berlusconi-led government to take action in an attempt to save the player's career.

"The Mutu case is delicate and I urge the government to get involved," said the minister.

It is also said Juventus and Livorno are ready to back Mutu in his plea for justice. There are serious fears that the game against Palermo tomorrow night could be his last. The player's legal team and club are working over time in an attempt to explore new avenues and buy him more time.

As a last resort, the paper has even suggested a fund raising event in the city in an attempt to help the striker pay the massive sum.

All this comes from the player's sacking by Chelsea in October 2004 when he was found positive for cocaine during a doping test. Mutu was then ordered to pay Chelsea €17m in damages after the CAS rejected an appeal following the initial compensation decision last year.

In May 2008, the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber ruled that Mutu had committed a breach of contract whilst at Chelsea after he was found positive for a doping test in 2004.

Mutu appealed to the CAS against the decision, but the panel upheld the original judgement by the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber, and ruled in favour of Chelsea. The decision means Mutu will have to pay the Premier League side a total of €17,173,990 in compensation.

The striker is now trying desperately to find a solution and it is said he will take the case to the high courts.

Chelsea's stance in this matter has shocked sections of the football world, and there are fears in some quarters over the damage this has done to their public relations.

[# 9]

forcing him to retire is bottle of shiraz wrong. there are better ways to resolve the issue

[Kitchimo]

I'd be interested to know how they came to that figure.

[Nice One Cyril]

Druggie. Sets a great example to the youth of today.

The compensation was a breach of contract thing, I think.

Strange how, if a club breaches a contract, the players get their whack but when the boot's on the other foot they moan like sangiovese.

Can't have it both ways.

[hgd]

this is false, Chelsea released a press statement the other day categorically denying this.

[Kitchimo]

Druggie. Sets a great example to the youth of today.

The compensation was a breach of contract thing, I think.

Strange how, if a club breaches a contract, the players get their whack but when the boot's on the other foot they moan like sangiovese.

Can't have it both ways.

If I breach my contract at work, they don't fine me, they sack me and don't have to pay me out. Which is what happened to Mutu - unless they paid him out, and therefore that's where the figure may have come from.

[DOC]

i think the figure is based on what they paid for him and what they would have got if the sold him

[Ronnie#10]

Another reason to hate Chelsea. I know what he did was wrong but to force a player to retire I think is taking it way to far.

[Outlaw 2.0]

At the end of the day it is setting a good example for youth today, he did one of the worst things an athlete can do in regards to cheating. I'm not sure that Chelsea were forced to release the player as a result of his drug test results howver the club certainly would not want to be linked to a player with that kind of history. I feel that Chelsea could however come to some sort of agreement to which the player could pay it in installments this way everyone is happy.

Although at the end of the day taking drugs as a professional athlete to me is the worst form of cheating, end of story!

[Chade]

At the end of the day it is setting a good example for youth today, he did one of the worst things an athlete can do in regards to cheating.

It was cocaine, not steroids... :? And there were questions over due process, that Chelsea weren't actually allowed to test their players, only the FA/national association/league authority can do that.

Chelsea stuffed up by sacking him, and now are trying to make Mutu pay for their mistake.

[Outlaw 2.0]

At the end of the day it is setting a good example for youth today, he did one of the worst things an athlete can do in regards to cheating.

It was cocaine, not steroids... :? And there were questions over due process, that Chelsea weren't actually allowed to test their players, only the FA/national association/league authority can do that.

Chelsea stuffed up by sacking him, and now are trying to make Mutu pay for their mistake.

Drugs are drugs whether they are performance enhancing or not, he took them end of story.

[Chade]

At the end of the day it is setting a good example for youth today, he did one of the worst things an athlete can do in regards to cheating.

It was cocaine, not steroids... :? And there were questions over due process, that Chelsea weren't actually allowed to test their players, only the FA/national association/league authority can do that.

Chelsea stuffed up by sacking him, and now are trying to make Mutu pay for their mistake.

Drugs are drugs whether they are performance enhancing or not, he took them end of story.

It's not end of story, it's your point of view. Apart from you getting your facts wrong...

[Outlaw 2.0]

what facts did i get wrong?? it is a banned substance that he took. they are drugs he was caught??

[Chade]

what facts did i get wrong?? it is a banned substance that he took. they are drugs he was caught??

How is a non-performance enhancing drug "cheating"?

[Outlaw 2.0]

what facts did i get wrong?? it is a banned substance that he took. they are drugs he was caught??

How is a non-performance enhancing drug "cheating"?

Because several non performance enhancing drugs can be used as masking agents for others.

Now please stop talking as your stupidity is irritating :?

[Chade]

what facts did i get wrong?? it is a banned substance that he took. they are drugs he was caught??

How is a non-performance enhancing drug "cheating"?

Because several non performance enhancing drugs can be used as masking agents for others.

Now please stop talking as your stupidity is irritating :?

Cocaine is not a performance enhancing drug. It's not a masking agent. It's a pure recreational drug.

You were saying something about stupidity - or maybe you just don't like someone disagreeing with you.

[Nice One Cyril]

Druggie. Sets a great example to the youth of today.

The compensation was a breach of contract thing, I think.

Strange how, if a club breaches a contract, the players get their whack but when the boot's on the other foot they moan like sangiovese.

Can't have it both ways.

If I breach my contract at work, they don't fine me, they sack me and don't have to pay me out. Which is what happened to Mutu - unless they paid him out, and therefore that's where the figure may have come from.

Yeah, but your company didn't pay millions to get you. Or at least I hope not!

[Shaggetz]

what facts did i get wrong?? it is a banned substance that he took. they are drugs he was caught??

How is a non-performance enhancing drug "cheating"?

Because several non performance enhancing drugs can be used as masking agents for others.

Now please stop talking as your stupidity is irritating :?

Cocaine as a masking agent? That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard

"They might detect the nandrolone I've taken so I'll cover it up with harmless cocaine and noone will be the wiser'

[Kitchimo]

Druggie. Sets a great example to the youth of today.

The compensation was a breach of contract thing, I think.

Strange how, if a club breaches a contract, the players get their whack but when the boot's on the other foot they moan like sangiovese.

Can't have it both ways.

If I breach my contract at work, they don't fine me, they sack me and don't have to pay me out. Which is what happened to Mutu - unless they paid him out, and therefore that's where the figure may have come from.

Yeah, but your company didn't pay millions to get you. Or at least I hope not!

I'm worth every cent