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====Breach of contract issue==== Chelsea started to seek compensation from Mutu in early 2005.<ref name=award/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4544557.stm |title=Mutu contests compensation ruling |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2005 |access-date=6 November 2009 |archive-date=6 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806162040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/4544557.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[The Football Association]] Premier League Appeals Committee decided that the player had committed a breach of his contract without just cause<ref name=award/> which made Chelsea eligible to claim the compensation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/status_transfer_sept2001_en_27.pdf |title=Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players (2001 edition) |access-date=6 November 2009 |publisher=FIFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111052639/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/status_transfer_sept2001_en_27.pdf |archive-date=11 November 2012}}</ref> Mutu started his first appeal to the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] (CAS) in April 2005 but the case was dismissed in December 2005.<ref name=award/> On 11 May 2006, Chelsea applied to [[FIFA]] for an award of compensation against Mutu. In particular, the club requested that the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) award compensation to the club following Mutu's breaching the employment contract without just cause.<ref name=award/> However, on 26 October, the DRC decided that it did not have jurisdiction to make a decision in the dispute and that the claim by the club was therefore not admissible.<ref name=award/> On 22 December, Chelsea lodged a new appeal before the CAS seeking the annulment of the DRC's decision. On 21 May 2007, a CAS panel allowed the club's appeal, set aside the DRC's decision, and referred the matter back to the DRC, "which does have jurisdiction to determine and impose the appropriate sporting sanction and/or order for compensation, if any, arising out of the dispute" between the Club and the Player,"<ref name=award/> On 7 May 2008, the [[FIFA]] Dispute Resolution Chamber ordered Mutu to pay β¬17,173,990 in compensation to his former club, Chelsea FC, for breach of contract.<ref name="casverdict">{{cite news |url=http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/3433/5048/0/Press%20release%202009.07.31.pdf |title=The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismisses Adrian Mutu's appeal |publisher=Court of Arbitration for Sport |date=31 July 2009 |access-date=6 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001713/http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/3433/5048/0/Press%26#32;release& |archive-date=3 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/administration/news/newsid=850413.html |title=DRC reaches decision on Mutu |publisher=FIFA |date=15 August 2008 |access-date=6 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511150103/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/administration/news/newsid%3D850413.html |archive-date=11 May 2009}}</ref> This included β¬16,500,000 for the unamortised portion of the transfer fee paid to [[Parma AC|Parma]], β¬307,340 for the unamortised portion of the sign-on fee (received by Mutu), and β¬366,650 for the unamortised portion of the fee to the Agent, but was not to take into account the determination of the damages for the amounts already paid by the club to the player (consideration for services rendered) or the remaining value of the employment contract (valued at β¬10,858,500). Mutu had to pay within 30 days after being informed of the decision in August 2008.<ref name=award/> Mutu lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the second time,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7440416.stm |title=Mutu lodges appeal over damages |publisher=BBC Sport |date=5 September 2008 |access-date=6 November 2009 |archive-date=5 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805090355/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7440416.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> but on 31 July 2009, that court dismissed his appeal,<ref name="casverdict"/> and Mutu was ordered to pay Chelsea the amount plus interest of 5% [[Per annum|p.a.]] starting on 12 September 2008 until the effective date of payment; the matter was submitted to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for its determination. In addition, Mutu had to pay the costs of arbitration for both parties, including [[Swiss franc|CHF]] 50,000 to Chelsea.<ref name=award/> The fine was the highest ever levied by FIFA.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8178248.stm |title=Mutu loses appeal over huge fine |publisher=BBC Sport |date=31 July 2009 |access-date=31 July 2009 |archive-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128123007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8178248.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Mutu could have been banned from football by FIFA if he did not pay the fine<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/50/02/75/disco_2009_en.pdf |title=FIFA Disciplinary Code (2009 edition |date=20 December 2008 |access-date=6 November 2009 |publisher=FIFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407050144/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/50/02/75/disco_2009_en.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2009}}</ref> although some lawyers disputed this.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/08/29/1469084/adrian-mutu-unlikely-to-be-banned-italian-lawyer |title=Adrian Mutu Unlikely To Be Banned β Italian Lawyer |date=29 August 2009 |access-date=6 November 2009 |publisher=goal.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002103653/http://goal.com/en/news/10/italy/2009/08/29/1469084/adrian-mutu-unlikely-to-be-banned-italian-lawyer |archive-date=2 October 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Mutu started his third appeal, this time to the [[Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland]], in October 2009,{{citation needed|date=September 2020}} but on 14 June 2010 this appeal was also dismissed with Mutu again being ordered to pay Chelsea β¬17m in damages.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-06-14-1704562955_x.htm |work=USA Today |title=Mutu must pay Chelsea euro17M damages in cocaine case |date=14 June 2010 |access-date=23 August 2017 |archive-date=17 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617185858/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2010-06-14-1704562955_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bger.ch/mm_4a_458_2009_d.pdf |title=Urteil vom 10. Juni 2010 (4A_458/2009) Bundesgericht weist Beschwerde des Fussballspielers Adrian Mutu ab |date=14 June 2010 |access-date=14 June 2010 |publisher=Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707050210/http://www.bger.ch/mm_4a_458_2009_d.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, FIFA DRC decided in a new ruling that Livorno and Juventus were also jointly liable to pay compensation; both clubs immediately appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-7168-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/ |title=Juventus FC / Livorno Calcio / Chelsea / FIFA β compensation dispute |date=31 October 2013 |access-date=27 November 2013 |publisher=CAS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202002521/http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-7168-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1 |archive-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> On 21 January 2015 the Court of Arbitration for Sport annulled the FIFA DRC ruling; Mutu remained the sole party to pay the compensation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Award_3365-3366__internet_.pdf |title=CAS 2013/A/3365 Juventus FC v. Chelsea FC; CAS 2013/A/3366 A.S. Livorno Calcio S.p.A. v. Chelsea FC |date=21 January 2015 |access-date=3 May 2015 |publisher=Court of Arbitration for Sport |language=it |archive-date=13 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513082123/http://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Award_3365-3366__internet_.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the [[European Court of Human Rights]] rejected Mutu's appeal against the CAS's 2015 ruling.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45719451|title = Mutu appeal against damages rejected|work = BBC Sport|access-date = 21 August 2019|archive-date = 21 August 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190821211000/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/45719451|url-status = live}}</ref>
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