FIFPro is in disagreement with decision in Adrian Mutu case
FIFPro is in disagreement with the decision of FIFA's Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) condemning the Rumanian footballer Adrian Mutu to pay an amount of over € 17 million as ' financial compensation" to his former club Chelsea, after he was caught in a doping test in September 2004 for using cocaine for which reason he was dismissed.
FIFPro will assist Mutu when the Rumanian player will lodge an appeal and gives several arguments that might be convincing.
Juventus signed with the transfer free Rumanian when he was suspended as a result of the above and took a deliberate risk by doing so.
When the same offence would have been committed by a player in possession of an English passport, than this player wouldn't have had to pay any damages at this dismissal, since the FA Premier League rules do not provide this. For this reason this can be considered as discrimination based on nationality.
It is extremely strange that a player who is dismissed by a club must pay damages based on the transfer amount previously paid for him, whilst he has had no control whatsoever on the amount of this fee.
