Mutu Set For Eight Month Ban
11/3/2004 7:45:00 PM
Adrian Mutu is expected to receive an eight month ban from the Football Association when he is called before them tomorrow.
The Romanian, who is without a club having been sacked by Chelsea, failed a drugs test last month, with the substance believed to be cocaine.
With Rio Ferdinand having been banned eight months for missing a drugs test it would seem unlikely that the FA would chose to suspend the former Parma striker for longer, while Mark Bosnich previously was banned nine months for failing a test for cocaine, while also at Chelsea.
Fifa regulations force the FA to ban Mutu for at least six month.
"The PFA are against drugs at all times but players do not take recreational drugs to cheat or gain an advantage -in fact they are detrimental to the individual.
"We feel there should be a different approach which does not emphasise the punitive sanction but to look at where they have had successful case histories of rehabilitating players.
"We call ourselves a football family but a family doesn’t throw someone out of the home if that person is in trouble. We get together and try and resolve the problem so it is disappointing Chelsea chose to take the action they did."
source : goal.com