On another note, with Chelsea having gotten the green light to go after Mutu, I think the English FA is setting a most dangerous precedent.
Yes, Chelsea paid big bucks for Mutu. Yes, the dunce got caught taking cocaine. Yes, he got himself a long ban for his stupidity. I agree that it was entirely within Chelsea's rights to terminate his contract and toss hiss ass out on the street. But that should have been the end of it.
Mutu looked at his life, saw his mistakes, and went looking for someone willing to give him a second chance and Juventus took him in. And suddenly, Chelsea show up demanding compensation?!!
Chelsea didn't allow Mutu a chance to redeem himself for a simple reason: Roman Abramovich. With Roman's billions, they knew that they could replace Mutu with a snap of the fingers, and they duly did so.
Without Abramovich, the attitude would have been different. They would have coaxed and cajoled Mutu out of his habit. Sent him to rehab. Made certain he got his head back on straight. Anywhere in the world, football clubs stand by banned players, and players suffering from addictions.
This is because clubs are like extended family. Look at Arsenal. When Tony Adams revealed he was an alcoholic, he wasn't chucked out and told to go fend for himself. Instead, the club saw to it that he got into AA, and took counselling. He kicked the habit and went on to become a better person. At Man Utd, when Ferdinand got banned for absenting himself from a drugs test, they didn't sack him. They stood by him and paid his salary for the duration of the ban. He still came for training with the club. Man Utd went through a very bad period without him, but they never told him to get lost.
Chelsea behaved like an cold emotionless corporation dealing with an errant employee. Their demand for compensation is like a man demanding his ex-wife's new husband should compensate him for divorcing her and making her available on a 'free' as it were.
The only basis for this demand for compensation would be if Chelsea could prove that Mutu deliberately took cocaine and got caught so Chelsea would fire him and he could move to Juventus. I wish them all the best in trying to prove that.
Whenever the case comes before FIFA, it should do what the English FA failed to do: Tell Chelsea to go shove their demand somewhere the sun doesn't shine.
Yes, Chelsea paid big bucks for Mutu. Yes, the dunce got caught taking cocaine. Yes, he got himself a long ban for his stupidity. I agree that it was entirely within Chelsea's rights to terminate his contract and toss hiss ass out on the street. But that should have been the end of it.
Mutu looked at his life, saw his mistakes, and went looking for someone willing to give him a second chance and Juventus took him in. And suddenly, Chelsea show up demanding compensation?!!
Chelsea didn't allow Mutu a chance to redeem himself for a simple reason: Roman Abramovich. With Roman's billions, they knew that they could replace Mutu with a snap of the fingers, and they duly did so.
Without Abramovich, the attitude would have been different. They would have coaxed and cajoled Mutu out of his habit. Sent him to rehab. Made certain he got his head back on straight. Anywhere in the world, football clubs stand by banned players, and players suffering from addictions.
This is because clubs are like extended family. Look at Arsenal. When Tony Adams revealed he was an alcoholic, he wasn't chucked out and told to go fend for himself. Instead, the club saw to it that he got into AA, and took counselling. He kicked the habit and went on to become a better person. At Man Utd, when Ferdinand got banned for absenting himself from a drugs test, they didn't sack him. They stood by him and paid his salary for the duration of the ban. He still came for training with the club. Man Utd went through a very bad period without him, but they never told him to get lost.
Chelsea behaved like an cold emotionless corporation dealing with an errant employee. Their demand for compensation is like a man demanding his ex-wife's new husband should compensate him for divorcing her and making her available on a 'free' as it were.
The only basis for this demand for compensation would be if Chelsea could prove that Mutu deliberately took cocaine and got caught so Chelsea would fire him and he could move to Juventus. I wish them all the best in trying to prove that.
Whenever the case comes before FIFA, it should do what the English FA failed to do: Tell Chelsea to go shove their demand somewhere the sun doesn't shine.
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, but we have to move on. UCL's over. Simple!