Eidur Gudjohnsen arrested on suspicion of drink driving

MrJoeSoap

BBC Sport wrote:

Footballer in drink-drive arrest
Eidur Gudjohnsen
Reports said Gudjohnsen had been out celebrating his winning goal
Chelsea footballer Eidur Gudjohnsen has been arrested on suspicion of drink driving in Surrey.

Police stopped the Icelandic striker in the early hours of Sunday morning on the A3 near Esher.

A spokesman said the 26-year-old's BMW car was stopped because of the way it was being driven. He was breath-tested and arrested.

He was taken to a south London police station and has since been bailed to return at the end of March.

Newspaper reports suggested Gudjohnsen had been out celebrating his winning goal in Chelsea's 1-0 win away at Everton on Saturday.

A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "At 5.20am on Sunday on the A3 southbound near Esher, officers stopped a car due to the way it was being driven.

"The driver, a 26-year-old man, was subsequently arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol."

What is it with footballers and drink-driving?

My once beloved James Beattie and Fabrice Fernandes have both been done, not to mention Paddy Kluivert, as has Jermaine Pennant recently and now this.

To be honest, they should get lengthy bans from the FA, this kind of thing is wayyyy worse than missing a drugs test.

Headshot

.....Morino is going to give out stink to him bloody idiot

growler

no doubt the Sun, Alex and Arsene willl all be looking for Chelsea to be fined 5 points as a result.

Obviously the guy's an idiot for drink driving , apparently, according to the chelsea rumour mill , he was just over the limit and a blood test might clear him.

p.pete

MrJoeSoap wrote:

To be honest, they should get lengthy bans from the FA, this kind of thing is wayyyy worse than missing a drugs test.

From a social context I agree with you but the FA aren't and shouldn't be social police. If it brings the game into disrepute they could act but this was away from football so I don't see what it has to do with the FA. At best they could add alcohol to the banned substance list and have a rule that all footballers must submit to a drugs test within 24h of leaving prison.

eirebhoy

Considering the time he was caught he probably got a sleep and woke up with the drink still in his system. I can't imagine him out drinking until half 5 in the morning and getting straight into his car.

MrJoeSoap

eirebhoy wrote:

Considering the time he was caught he probably got a sleep and woke up with the drink still in his system. I can't imagine him out drinking until half 5 in the morning and getting straight into his car.

Hadn't thought of that, seems like a possibility alright. If its not the case, however, Mourinho seems like the type of manager who would send him packing.

On the point Pete made, I think the FA should definitely have the power to ban players on matters like this. Like it or not, these people are in the public eye and have a responsibilty to younger, more impressionable fans. Obviously if a club has invested a massive amount of money in a player there is a strong possibility they will be more lenient towards them, as a means of protecting their investment (Except in the Mutu case, in which Chelsea were well able to afford to let him go).

There has to be a set of regulations imposed from a higher level than merely the clubs, for matters both on and off the pitch.

p.pete

eirebhoy wrote:

Considering the time he was caught he probably got a sleep and woke up with the drink still in his system. I can't imagine him out drinking until half 5 in the morning and getting straight into his car.

Drinking til 5 in the morning is very hard to achieve in London

DMC

A point raised by a caller on Newstalk just now....

Mutu was sacked because of recreational use of cocaine. He was harming himself, and no one else, nor was it performance enhancing to him. No cops involved.

But, isn't it strange, that even if he is convicted, Gudjohnson probably won't face the same fate. A drunk driver is a lot more dangerous behind the wheel than someone with a coke-laced £20 note.

Isnt it time that this was as morally reprehensible a deal? Chelsea set themselves a high bar when they got rid of Mutu. I wonder will they limbo this one...

growler

of course they will , (a) booze isnt an illegal substance and more importantly Chelsea cant afford to lose another striker at this point in the season.

besides he has yet to be convicted of any offence.


"Drinking til 5 in the morning is very hard to achieve in London "

lol, yeah those poor millionaires trying to find a bar to take their money.

Jivin Turkey

What I really cant understand is that if you were that rich would you not just get a taxi/limo everywhere to avoid any chance of this happening?

Gileadi

then whats the point of a flash sportscar that most well paid footballers seem to like?

also being driven around all day could pickup some slaggings from team-mates

BaZmO*

DMC wrote:

A point raised by a caller on Newstalk just now....

Mutu was sacked because of recreational use of cocaine. He was harming himself, and no one else, nor was it performance enhancing to him. No cops involved.

But, isn't it strange, that even if he is convicted, Gudjohnson probably won't face the same fate. A drunk driver is a lot more dangerous behind the wheel than someone with a coke-laced £20 note.

I was just saying the same to some friends last night.

It's funny though, in a weird sense an awful lot of us are complicit when it comes to drink driving by either having done it before or indirectly being involved by getting into a car when the driver has had a few.

Unfortunately, for some people it's more acceptable to drink drive than it is to take recreational drugs.

growler wrote:

(a) booze isnt an illegal substance...

But driving under the influence of booze is!

B.

eirebhoy

Getting into a car straight after a few drinks should be treated severely but lets wait and see how this case turns out.

Chucky the tree

give him a few weeks, he might do a pennant!