£9.6million bill for Mutu

kensutz · 06-06-2008 4:07pm #1

Romania striker Adrian Mutu has been ordered to pay his former club Chelsea £9.6m for testing positive for cocaine, according to his lawyer.

Chelsea sacked Mutu in October 2004 and he was subsequently handed a seven-month worldwide football ban.

His lawyer Cristian Sarbu said Fifa's decision was not final and that Mutu would contest the ruling.

"This is a decision taken by a sporting tribunal. After this is final, this can be taken to a civil court," he said.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled last May that the world football body would decide Mutu's fine.

pickarooney · 06-06-2008 4:17pm

Ouch. Is there any precedent for a company fining an employee after they've fired him for breaking the law?

Pepe LeFrits · 06-06-2008 4:29pm

I can't see that fine standing up in court, because it seems to me that it is effectively punishing Mutu because Chelsea paid a large transfer fee for him, which isn't his fault. The only thing he is responsible for is breaking the terms of his contract. As such I would expect that the maximum fine he could legally be required to pay would be the remaining value of his contract, which would have been considerably less than £9.6m

Guy:Incognito · 06-06-2008 4:38pm

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

As such I would expect that the maximum fine he could legally be required to pay would be the remaining value of his contract, which would have been considerably less than £9.6m

I wouldnt be so sure. I've no idea how long he had left on his contract at the time but I'd say he was on decent money. £60k a week is £3m a year,

Pepe LeFrits · 06-06-2008 5:47pm

Actually you're right, had a moment of numerical retardation there.

Smegball · 06-06-2008 6:04pm

Uber ouch, thats mental

delija_sever029 · 06-06-2008 11:53pm

Sheesh,that drug is hell expensive thing....

davyjose · 07-06-2008 2:10am

Stekelly wrote: »

I wouldnt be so sure. I've no idea how long he had left on his contract at the time but I'd say he was on decent money. £60k a week is £3m a year,

But was he paid that amount?

The simple fact is, this won't stand up in a civil court. Mutu received none of the money for his transfer (well maybe a percentage, but for sake of argument we'll assume that's not a significant chunk of the pie), and yet because Chelsea ditched him, he is effectively being asked to pay for himself.

That's like buying a defective woolly jumper, and suing the sheep.

CHD · 07-06-2008 2:17am

davyjose wrote: »

But was he paid that amount?

The simple fact is, this won't stand up in a civil court. Mutu received none of the money for his transfer (well maybe a percentage, but for sake of argument we'll assume that's not a significant chunk of the pie), and yet because Chelsea ditched him, he is effectively being asked to pay for himself.

That's like buying a defective woolly jumper, and suing the sheep.

Chelsea i think were the 1st to decide players who do drugs or fail tests are auto sacked so its probably in the contract somewhere that he has to pay what was left on his contract.

just a random bad guess

redcrew · 07-06-2008 2:28am

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Mutu deserves it!

as for it standing in court...maybe it's like a partnership agreement where the other can be sued for loss of earnings? and i imagine you can be sued for financial loss anyway - he committed the offence

kmart6 · 07-06-2008 2:35am

Jesus that's a cnut!!!

leninbenjamin · 07-06-2008 8:09am

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Actually you're right, had a moment of numerical retardation there.

I read somewhere else that the remainder of his contract was only £8m, which strangely enough was all Chelsea had asked for. It doesn't seem to explain where the extra £1.6m comes from.

CHD · 07-06-2008 8:30am

leninbenjamin wrote: »

I read somewhere else that the remainder of his contract was only £8m, which strangely enough was all Chelsea had asked for. It doesn't seem to explain where the extra £1.6m comes from.

My random bad guess was correct then

£9.6million bill for Mutu

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