Fifa Orders Mutu To Pay £13.68m
World football governing body FIFA has ruled that ex-Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu must pay his former employees £13.68m in damages for breach of contract.
Mutu has been told he must pay the sum for breach of contract after he tested positive for cocaine whilst in employment by the Premier League club.
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.
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.
A Chelsea statement read: ‘This is a very significant decision for football. 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.
