Adrian Mutu No Longer An Int’l Man of Mystery. Or Int’l Man At All.
It just does not pay to be Adrian Mutu these days; though fortunately one doesn’t have to pay to be him either.
Mere days after getting the glorious, oh so glorious news that his €17m fine to be paid to the order of Chelsea FC had been lifted, Romania was knocked out of contention for World Cup 2010 before the final day of qualifying. This comes as no surprise given their rampant suckitude during WCQ, but a major disappointment on the back of their torrid Euro2008 qualifying campaign.
To add insult to his unqualified misery, Adrian Mutu was then kicked off the Romanian national team. Because he loves the night life, he got to boogie.
Days before the biblically important qualifier with Serbia, Adrian was spotted in a discotheque in Bucharest. The tricolorii then lost the game 5-0 in Belgrade. One plus one type deal.
Therefore both the manager, Razvan Lucescu, and general manager of the Romanian NT have proclaimed Adrian no longer welcome in the yellow, blue and red, making it all the more official and damning.
“As long as I am in charge he will no longer be selected at international level.”
Romania general manager, Ionut Lupescu, added: “Mutu did not respect the national team shirt. Furthermore, he left after the match against Serbia without saying good bye to the coach and his teammates. Clearly, the national team is not his priority”.
Adrian responded:
“Can’t I have friends and go out with them? Can’t I sit close to a woman?”.
If we may be so bold as to speak for the Romanian FA: No. No you cannot.
At a youngish 30 – drug suspensions can do wonders for career longevity along with a shiny mane – this is clearly a big blow to the Romanian side’s biggest attacking threat and best player. The problem is even with an oft-injured Mutu, they were nowhere close to par during qualifying. So what’s to lose?
But why is this necessary? Has he learned nothing? Why isn’t he locked into a dungeon by family, friends, loved ones ad Steven Seagal at sundown in order to avoid more Chelsea-type disciplinary situations?
At least it’s not all bad, though. At least now he’ll be able to snap up that assistant manager job at McDonald’s to supplement his Fiorentina income during int’l breaks once that fine’s suspension is ultimately lifted.
See, there’s always a silver lining. Even when you’re Adrian Mutu.
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By vlad | October 12th, 2009 at 1:22 pm 
To be fair, adrian Mutu is not playing good either. And Razvan Lucescu is more contempt to select old 34 year old players with no skill for the national Team. Its not Adrian Mutu’s fault he is a party man, its the Romanian Fa’s fault for sacking Piturca (the only manager apart from Cesare Prandeli to keep Mutu on a Leash).
By SD | October 12th, 2009 at 8:35 pm Lol, I like the McDonald’s bit.
By Andrei | October 13th, 2009 at 10:18 pm Mutu could have gone to great green lands with his career. Before Chelsea he was sky high. Now a young gun called Stevan Jovetic is slowly pushing him out of Fiorentina’s starting squad, and he has been ejected from the national side. That’s a waste of raw talend I say. It’s a shame really.
