Mutu forces Chelsea on to back foot with appeal
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Disgraced Romanian international striker Adrian Mutu lodged an appeal against his sacking by Premiership leaders Chelsea for taking cocaine.
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Chelsea suffered its first defeat under coach Jose Mourinho yesterday when the Premier League title contenders went down 1-0 at lowly Manchester City.
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Chelsea Football Club striker Adrian Mutu has begun his rehabilitation programme following his positive test for cocaine. The Romanian was found guilty of taking the drug and could now face up to two-years out of the game with suspension.
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Chelsea Football Club boss Jose Mourinho has launched an attack on sacked striker Adrian Mutu. The Romanian international was axed by the Blues last week after testing positive for cocaine, and Mourinho has fully backed the clubsâ decision to get tough.
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ADRIAN MUTU, the Chelsea striker, yesterday paid the penalty for testing positive for cocaine. The flamboyant Romanian with the playboy reputation was suspended from football for seven months and fined Â£20,000.
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ADRIAN MUTU could forfeit more than Â£10 million in pay and spend up to two years in the footballing wilderness if the Chelsea strikerâs second drugs test sample proves positive.
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Didier Drogba's late winner moves Chelsea to within five points of Premiership leaders Man Utd.
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Chelsea, London, Nov. 5 -- Sacked Chelsea striker Adrian Mutuâs amazing FA escape after testing positive for cocaine, has angered Chelsea, as the FA have suspended Mutu from football for seven months with Â£20,000 fine.
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Chelsea have asked the Football Association to hold on to Adrian Mutu&#39;s registration while the club investigate ways of gaining compensation for sacking the player.
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CHELSEA enforced a âzero toleranceâ policy against drugs yesterday when they dismissed Adrian Mutu, the Romania striker, for gross misconduct after his positive test for cocaine.
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Chelsea last night strongly criticised the Football Association for handing Adrian Mutu a seven-month ban for a failed drug test, calling it &quot;far too lenient&quot; and accusing the governing body of being &quot;weak over the issue of drugs&quot;.
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Former Chelsea football striker Adrian Mutu has been banned for seven months after being found guilty of taking cocaine. He was also fined nearly $37,000 and will be subject to drug testing throughout the suspension.
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Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu says he has has no future at a Premiership club after his bust-up with boss Jose Mourinho and his drug shame.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho today denied that Adrian Mutu threatened him during their bust-up over the shamed strikerâs decision to play for Romania in their World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic.
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FORMER Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu, banned for seven months after a recent drugs scandal, turned his attention to fans in his native Romania today.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed ChelseaÂ´s decision to sack drug-taking striker Adrian Mutu. Mutu was axed by the West London club for gross misconduct after failing a random drug test.
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Professional Footballers&#39; Association boss Gordon Taylor has accused Chelsea of trapping Adrian Mutu into a positive drugs test so that they could sack him.