Romanian still struggling to pay ridiculous £14.6m fine

Adrian Mutu was sacked by Chelsea in 2004 on account of his cocaine abuse, and was given a seven month ban and a £20,000 fine by the FA. When he signed for Juventus (via Livorno) as a free agent during this mandatory exile period, the Blues demanded £9.6m from the player to compensate for the initial transfer fee.

Mutu soon regretted hiring a lawyer he saw running down the street after an ambulance, as the fine was increased to £14.6m after two appeals to the very same Court of Arbitration for Sport who recently banned Chelsea from transfer activity.

Some might say that the transfer ban helped to restore karmic balance following Chelsea’s lack of compassion towards the Romanian, but the point remains that £14.6m is a penalty that only a handful of footballers could realistically afford to pay. In his latest bid to avoid the angry Russian debt collectors, Mutu has written an open letter to FIFA and his former employers. Sky Sport Italia printed the highlights, which Goal.com roughly translated:

“To Chelsea, the FIFA disciplinary committee and FIFA president Josep Blatter

“I write this letter

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Romania has made some fine contributions to the WAG canon: Playboy model Gina Pistol, TV presenter Andreea Raicu and Adrian Mutu’s ex-wife Alexandra Dinu to name but a few.

Since Mutu separated from the aforementioned mother of his child, he has transformed another beauty into a footballer’s wife - model Consuelo Matos Gomez. Although of Dominican descent, Consuelo was recently voted Romania’s number one WAG.

The hottest Romanian TV presenter since, er, this one

In 2001, hunky* Romanian striker and former recreational drug enthusiast Adrian Mutu married Romanian TV presenter, actress and model Alexandra Dinu. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be, as the pair split up two years later, with Alexandra being rewarded custody of their son Mario.

*Yeah that’s right, we said ‘hunky’. The Spoiler appreciates hot regardless of sex.

The agent, model and WAG who hates pants

While football agents in Britain don’t get much more attractive than, er, Eric Hall, it’s a very different story in Romania. Ana Maria Prodan is the country’s first female FIFA-licensed agent, whose books have included hunky narcotics fan Adrian Mutu.

She is currently stepping out with Laurenţiu Reghecampf, a Romanian midfielder currently making ends meet at FC Kaiserslautern.

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Mutu to appeal against fine
Sexy druggie Adrian Mutu is set to launch an appeal against his massive £13.5 million fine, to be paid to former employers Chelsea. Boasting a newfound sense of morality, Mutu referred to his punishment as “inhumane” and “unjust”, and has vowed to fight against FIFA insistence that he pays Lampard’s wages for a few months.

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Despite Adrian Mutu’s attempts at covering every position on the pitch, the Romanians couldn’t break down Holland’s B team.