Adrian Mutu & his very big fine!

daveydave · 31 Jul 2009 at 18:53

"Adrian Mutu must pay Chelsea £14.65m after losing his appeal against a Fifa ruling for a breach of contract."

BBC Sport.

Errrm now I know footballers earn a lot and I know signing on fees and sponsorship make up a large degree of their earnings but...I have a feeling Mutu probably can't afford this?

Is that the general consensus or do you guys think he actually has that kind of cash in a bank somewhere? I mean the guy never had big contracts at any of the clubs he's been at has he?!

Locke · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:01

Ouch?

Greenlizard0 · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:01

Wouldn't it be awesome if he appealed and it.....was reduced?

daveydave · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:02

Greenlizard0 said:
Wouldn't it be awesome if he appealed and it.....was reduced?

He has already appealed...and failed.

Greenlizard0 · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:02

daveydave said:
He has already appealed...and failed.

whoosh...

daveydave · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:06

Greenlizard0 said:
whoosh...

yep straight over my head...sorry

guyfawkes5 · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:42

I imagine even if he didn't have the full amount on him, it could either be deducted from future earnings (he's on £30-40k at Fiorentina I think) or his numerous assets (read: chateaus / villas / sports cars).

Weebull · 31 Jul 2009 at 19:58

Poor lad. Think of all the coke and hookers that could have gotten him.

Gooner14 · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:16

Perhaps his sponsor 'Coke' will pay his fine?

manic111 · 31 Jul 2009 at 20:26

Weebull said:
Poor lad. Think of all the coke and hookers that could have gotten him.

I heard that him and Angus Deaton were setting up a club.

Trusty · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:20

eeek!

Unlucky mate!

Mr-White · 31 Jul 2009 at 21:41

There's a huge sum of money to find even for footballers, on the other hand why should chelsea foot the bill for his mistake ?

MW

morkfromork · 31 Jul 2009 at 23:06

Might make a few players who think they might get away with it to think twice. A huge amount of money he will never find.

uk_unbeliever · 1 Aug 2009 at 09:03

morkfromork said:
Might make a few players who think they might get away with it to think twice. A huge amount of money he will never find.

Seems a lot, but as you say maybe it'll make footballers feel more accountable

pendy · 1 Aug 2009 at 09:12

I reckon he`ll go for the Pound a week option.

Weebull · 1 Aug 2009 at 09:38

pendy said:
I reckon he`ll go for the Pound a week option.

I think they measure it in grams these days.

drunkenmaster · 1 Aug 2009 at 15:52

Mr-White said:
There's a huge sum of money to find even for footballers, on the other hand why should chelsea foot the bill for his mistake ?

MW

It is a joke though, Chelsea over reacted and fired him basically, they could just as easily have fined him, not paid him any wages, and sold him whenever they wanted. Essentially they are being compensated for making a poor decision and regretting it, absolutely ridiculous.

Its like buying a toaster from wherever, you decide you don't like it but throw it out rather than take it back. They threw it out, then later asked for the money back.

Yes people should be punished and he should have been punished, but realistically he performed up to that point, he wasn't cheating using performance enhancing drugs like steroids. He could have continued to perform afterwards, or been sold easily, and really they should have just decided to not pay him during his ban as it was only during his ban he wasn't capable of playing.

Really theres been far FAR worse cheats in the game that have got away almost scot free, while realistically he's getting absolutely screwed for nothing.

Beerbaron · 1 Aug 2009 at 15:55

chelsea only decided to take action because mutu got a massive deal going to juve for free. £14.6 million is harsh.

mutu origionally appealled it and his fine was increased quite significantly

Mr-White · 1 Aug 2009 at 15:58

i'd imagine it was a breach of contract which terminated his employment. Chelsea only took action when they realised he was profiting from the situation because he was out of contract there was no transfer fee so he negotiated a much bigger wage.

MW

daz · 1 Aug 2009 at 16:05

They want to have their cake and eat it... He should only be liable for the time that he was banned for. So the equivalent of his wages during that time.

Chelsea have every right to fire someone, but they shouldn't fire someone/terminate the contract and then expect compensation when Mutu finds himself future employment.