Mutu Told To Pay Chelsea £13.68m, BBC Article

[libero]

Oh dear

 

Fifa has ordered former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu to pay the club £13.68m in damages for breach of contract after he tested positive for cocaine.

 

Chelsea signed the Romanian from Parma for £15m in 2003 but the following year he tested positive and was given a seven-month worldwide football ban.

 

Earlier in the year lawyer Cristian Sarbu said Fifa told Mutu to pay £9.6m but the fine was raised on appeal.

 

Chelsea said they were "delighted" by the ruling.

 

After being sacked by Chelsea and serving his ban, Mutu joined Juventus in January 2005, and at the end of the following season he moved to his current side, Fiorentina.

 

"This is a very significant decision for football," said a statement on the Chelsea website.

 

"Not only did the Dispute Resolution Chamber make us a very significant monetary award, it also recognised the damaging effect incidents involving drugs has on football and the responsibility we all have in this area."

 

Mutu can now appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

[stressederic]

"This is a very significant decision for football," said a statement on the Chelsea website.

 

Well yeah...

 

That doesn't mean it's anything to be proud of you bunch of f***wits.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

bulls*** - that is

[DazzlaJ]

Fifa is not a court of law, how can thy make him pay anything? They can suspend him from all things Fifa.

[Guest Silkky Skillz]

Think its a bit hasr considering in all other kind of work the employer is obligated to help a person who is found out to be an addict. I really hope CFC don't get a penny.

[muleskinner]

Disgusting decision. They had a duty of care towards their employee and failed him. Mutu will win this if he takes it to the EU Courts.

[Tyler]

uneforceable decision. more fifa trying to be moral watchdog.

where is blatter and his slave comment now.

[Hassony]

I thought Chelsea were the ones to sack him in the first place! I would understand it if it was leeds or luton trying to get some money, but this is f***ing chelsea, £14m is nothing to them (or are they trying to prove a point using poor Mutu as the scapegoat!)

[theredfella]

What has been overlooked is that Chelsea tested their player illegally, sacked him on the basis of it but not a word has been said to them about it.

 

Seems a bit strange.

[Woodsyla]

Mutu can now appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.

 

And he will win, Chelsea wont get a penny.

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

poor b*****d.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

he should countersue. For 14bn

[surf]

Just to put this into context, how much did Chelsea pay Mutu in wages during his time tehre?

[floyd]

Just to put this into context, how much did Chelsea pay Mutu in wages during his time tehre?

Officially, or unofficially, knowing how these cvnts have a penchant for "washing" money.

[Rimbeux]

This looks messy and they've landed it in the lap of the only place they see they could. Setting aside the legality of the test, which has stood up through the suspension process, seems the key thing here is whether Chelsea freely gave up the players registration on terminating his contract for gross misconduct and if there was/is any provision within the FIFA rules for them to suspend a registration until compensation is paid.

 

Without looking at the detail, would it be right to say FIFA had no process to deal with this scenario, had no way to make Juve pay compensation for the registration, no way to stop them selling it on to Fiorentina and keeping the cash, and have attempted to legislate in retrospect and fling it all on the player.

 

Personally I think that if a player is binned off for gross misconduct, the firing club should be compensated if and when that player attempts to sign for another club and FIFA should suspend that registration until compensation is paid. As it stands, if a player is guilty of a gross misconduct or serious breaches of contract, and is rightfully sacked, he can gain an advantage in the job market by being a free agent.

[blago]

Ridiculous decision. If Chelsea wanted compensation for losing him they should have fined him at the time and transfer listed him. They chose to terminate his contract instead. FIFA should have told Chelsea to f*** off.

[johngibo YPC]

Ridiculous decision. If Chelsea wanted compensation for losing him they should have fined him at the time and transfer listed him. They chose to terminate his contract instead. FIFA should have told Chelsea to f*** off.

 

Can we tell them to f*** off instead??