Chapter 222 Mutu Incident

Fabres, 52, previously worked at the Lisbon National Hospital and was invited by Mourinho to Chelsea.

Although it was called a physical examination, the process was actually very simple. After all the players arrived at the physical examination room, Mr. Fabres took turns drawing a little blood from each of them and then let them go back.

However, there are a total of 28 players in the first team, and each of them needs a blood test, which will take a lot of time. It seems that Mr. Fabres's job will never be easy.

After the physical examination, the players, led by assistant coach Clark, returned to the first-team training ground and did some daily training freely. In fact, these stars did not take the physical examination seriously, because this kind of physical examination is carried out almost every year, and the only difference is the precision of the test results.

Although Mr. Fabres is 52 years old, he is still serious and responsible about his work. The next day, all members of Chelsea's first team received a medical examination result form.

Wang Li felt dizzy looking at the rows of English letters, percentages of various ingredients, and complex graphs on the form. After reading from top to bottom for a long time, he finally found his body test result at the end of the form: A+. However, he had no general idea of ​​the result, and only vaguely knew that A+ was a very high number.

So, Wang Li looked at the data of his teammates---

Frank Lampard: B+, Thomas Clarke: A, Joe Cole: B-, Wayne Bridge: B, Didier Drogba: A, …

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After the results of the physical examination came out, the first-team players began to discuss and compare with each other. Among them, Wang Li naturally became the protagonist because he was the only one in the team with an A+. Captain Terry explained that PT (abbreviation for perfect) is the highest result, but that is almost impossible to achieve, and A+ is already very good---

You know, the fierce Drogba's physique is just A.

However, the players' cheerful conversation did not last long, because after a while head coach Mourinho came over with a gloomy face and directly called Adrian Mutu away.

"The boss seems to be in a bad mood, Adrian is really pitiful?" Joe Cole said with a gloating look of sympathy. Normally, he and this Romanian had a bad relationship. In the club, Joe Cole and Mutu were the real rivals, and this relationship had lasted for more than a year.

"Did Adrian do something to upset the boss? Is he dissatisfied with his salary?" As a substitute on the striker line, Eidur Gudjohnsen felt a sense of sympathy for Mutu.

"That shouldn't be the case. It may have something to do with yesterday's physical fitness test..." Wang Li guessed uncertainly, and continued: "Could it be that Adrian failed the physical fitness test? Judging from his performance in the last game, he should have some physical fitness problems?"

"Forget it, let's continue training." John Terry said, and ran to the court first. As the captain of the team, he had the responsibility to set an example.

"Okay then." Wang Li turned to Thomas and said, "Come and help me train free kicks."

"Hey, Alan, okay, but you are not allowed to kick straight balls."

"OK."

During the free time of daily training, Wang Li would practice arc free kicks when he had time. Although he is still not very good at it now, he has made great progress after such a long period of practice and with the help of the improvement of his Xiao Wuxiang Gong skills, especially the free kicks around 30 meters on the left side.

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On this day, Chelsea players did not see head coach Eriksen and Mutu the whole morning, which made them feel that something might have happened today. While having lunch at the club at noon, most people were discussing this matter.

It was not until around 2:30 in the afternoon that Mr. Mourinho slowly walked from the office building to the stadium.

In the stadium, all the first-team players gathered and stood there quietly. Even Bridge and Thomas, who always loved to joke, kept their mouths shut. Seeing the face of the head coach Mourinho, they knew that something serious must have happened, because since Mourinho came to Chelsea, they had never heard of this "madman" being so angry.

Mourinho stood in front of the players, was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "I have something very regrettable to tell you. After the decision of the club's senior management, Mr. Adrian Mutu will be expelled from the team. And according to the terms of the contract, he will not be free to join any club within two years."

After hearing this, the players immediately started talking about it. Gudjansen, who usually had a good relationship with Mutu, immediately asked: "Boss, what did Adrian do? Why did he receive such a severe punishment?"

"Okay, I'll tell you in advance. This will serve as a reminder for you." Mourinho lowered his head and thought for a while, then slowly said, "In yesterday's physical examination, Mr. Fabres accidentally discovered that Adrian tested positive for cocaine. Do you know what this means? He is taking drugs, this damn Romanian is taking drugs, he is an addict."

Mourinho became more and more excited as he spoke, and it was obvious that he was very angry about this matter. He believed that there was no room for maneuver for this kind of behavior, so in the morning meeting, he directly suggested that the club expel Mutu. Finally, for the sake of the club's good atmosphere, Mr. Abramovich agreed. In fact, Mutu's value is around 12 million pounds, and this decision will cause Chelsea to directly lose at least 10 million pounds.

If it is a small club, even if the player does something, they probably won't directly fire the player because of this. This approach will cause huge losses to both parties. However, for Chelsea, Mr. Abramovich is still willing to bear these losses.

While Chelsea players were still training, Mourinho quickly gathered the reporters and announced that Chelsea had a major event to announce. Upon hearing this, all major newspapers, magazines, websites, radio stations and other media in England immediately gathered at Chelsea Club.

When the time was almost up, Mourinho immediately said: "I regret to tell you that in the internal medical examination of the Chelsea team yesterday, we found that Adrian Mutu tested positive for cocaine, which means that Adrian has been taking drugs recently. Therefore, after a unanimous discussion among the club, Chelsea decided to report this matter to the English Football Association and FIFA, and expel Adrian Mutu from the club."

After hearing the news, the reporters in the audience were shocked. This was definitely very important news.

After a while, a reporter immediately asked with interest: "Mr. Mourinho, aren't you afraid that announcing this news will affect Chelsea's reputation and image in the team?"

Mourinho said with a sullen face: "What Chelsea needs is a real image, not a hypocritical one. We feel very sorry after this happened, so I announced it on the first day I found out, just to maintain Chelsea's image. Chelsea will never welcome such drug addicts to join the team."

"So Mr. Mourinho, do you think Mutu's departure will have an impact on Chelsea's performance this season?"

Mourinho thought for a while, "Mutu is a good addition to Chelsea's forward line. Maybe there will be some impact, but I still decided to resolutely expel him from the team. We must not tolerate such players. I hope this incident can serve as a warning to these young players. Never get involved in these dirty things, which may ruin their careers for life."

After the reporters asked some more questions, the press conference ended. However, this was just the beginning for the media. They were still busy writing articles and releasing this shocking news.

Yes, shocking news.

Before this, no team had ever directly fired a player on the same day for taking drugs, let alone a big-name star like Adrian Mutu worth tens of millions of pounds. Which club would have the courage to do so?

For small clubs, 10 million pounds is definitely a sky-high figure. Even the mid-level teams in the Premier League only have this much in transfer fees a year. Even for top teams, it is not easy to give up such a large amount of pounds. Moreover, even if they pay 10 million pounds, they may not be able to buy a star like Adrian Mutu.

Chelsea is definitely first in this regard.

Obviously, after this news was released, Chelsea completely drew a line with Mutu and established a good image of the club in the eyes of everyone.

"I support Mr. Mourinho's decision. Although Mutu and I have a good relationship, I hope this lesson will help him get rid of this bad habit and will be of greater help to his future career," Wang Li said in an interview with reporters.

"Mr. Allen, do you think this incident will affect Chelsea's performance?" asked a reporter from The Sun.

Wang Li still has a good impression of The Sun. He smiled and said: "After hearing the news, everyone in the team was very depressed. This season, the team's results are very good, but maybe there is no perfect thing, so we have this obstacle, but I believe Chelsea's results will not be affected, because I will strive to score more goals."

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The day after the press conference, the English media reported this incident extensively.

Among these reports, media supporting Chelsea still accounted for the majority. They all felt that Chelsea's approach was correct. Many media even praised it greatly, saying that they were standing on the side of justice.

All the media still want to interview Mutu himself, but until now, they have not been able to find Mutu. It seems that the protagonist of the incident does not want to face the media's attention.

On the other hand, the entire Chelsea team and coaching staff no longer have time to worry about this matter, because that afternoon, they will fly to the romantic Paris, France, to participate in the first round of the Champions League group stage---

Away game against Paris Saint-Germain