7. Adrian Mutu – Parma to Chelsea, 2003
Via soccerwallpaper.mackafe.com
After arriving from Parma for 22.5 million Euros, the Romanian striker started his Chelsea career promisingly enough, scoring four goals in his first three games.
Unfortunately, things started to turn sour in his second season as Mutu hit a drought, was in conflict with new manager Jose Mourinho, and discovered that drug testing in England was much stricter than it was in Italy. At the time, many Italian soccer players were known to be cocaine users, but testing in the Italian league was hardly ever undertaken, or was easily skirted.
Mutu was quickly found to still be using the drug while in England, and was summarily released from his Chelsea contract. He returned to Juventus of the Italian League, and played out his days in Italy and France.
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