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Fiorentina Will Fight For Adrian Mutu, He Will Not Be Banned
Fiorentina director Pantaleo Corvino admits the club will use every legal avenue in an attempt to help Adrian Mutu with his Chelsea compensation dispute.
The Romanian has been ordered to pay his former side around €17 million in compensation for his drug-taking actions in 2004.
Reports suggested Chelsea could apply to FIFA for a long-term ban if he didn’t pay up, but Corvino has other ideas.
“We are sure that Mutu will not be banned,” Corvino toldSky Sport Italia.
“In any case, we are ready for every battle.”
Corvino also confirmed the Zdravko Kuzmanovic to Stuttgart deal, but it’s not official just yet, despite some reports claiming it was.
“Kuzmanovic wanted to leave and so we operated things with that in mind. The deal is not official though as there are still some papers to sign,” concluded the Italian.
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Biography and Career :
He started his professional career playing for FC Arges Dacia Pitesti, where scored 11 goals in 41 games between 1996-1999.
In 1999 he was sold for 600.000 euro to Dinamo Bucharest. His fantastic skills helped Dinamo to win in that year the Romanian Championship and the Romanian Cup and he become a target for a lot of big European teams.
Internationale Milano transferred him for 1.200.000 euro but he didn’t succeed to obtain a titular place. In 10 plays in Serie A for Inter he scored no goal and in the Italian Cup in 2 plays scored 2 times.
Adrian Mutu was transferred to Hellas Verona in 2000 and played there for 2 years in 62 games and scored 17 times. AC Parma was impressed by his skills and paid for him 10.000.000 euro in 2002.
Between 2002-2003 he played for Parma in 31 games and scored 18 times. He helped Parma to qualify in UEFA Cup and was considered the best Parma’s player. In 2003 Roman Abramovici, the new Chelsea’s boss transferred him for 15.800.000 euro and Mutu became the most expensive Romanian player.
His debut for Chelsea was fantastic. He scored 3 times in his first 4 games including the game against one of Chelsea’s traditional “enemy” Tottenham Hotspur and all season was very good for him. After this season the new Chealsea’s coach became Jose Mourinho and this was the start of Mutu’s end at Chelsea. His relationship with Mourinho was not very good, he was accused by Mourinho many times that is not a serious player.
In September 2004 he failed an antidopping test and was suspended for 7 months(between october29, 2004-may 18, 2005 ) and he had to pay 40.000 euro.
In January 12, 2005 he signed a 5 years contract with Italian team Juventus.He played for first time for Juventus in the last match of that season with Cagliari 4-2. In the next season he started as a reserve but his performances put him in the first team.
In 2006 he was transferred to AC Fiorentina , after a big scandal ended with Juventus revert in Serie B.
He played debuted for Romanian national team in 2000 against Greece. In 2000 he played at European Championship for Romania.
In 2006 he is one of the most important players for Romanian national team and probably the best player of his generation.
Short Info :
- Height:180cm
- Weight:74kg