Adrian Mutu
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"Adrian Mutu" is a former Romanian association football/footballer who played as a Forward (association football)/forward. His career has included setbacks including two long suspensions for failed drugs tests. Despite this, he was regarded as one of the Serie A's best strikers of his era.

Mutu started his career in Romania, playing two years for FC Arge? Pite?ti/Arge? Pite?ti and half a year for FC Dinamo Bucure?ti/Dinamo Bucure?ti, before joining F.C. Internazionale Milano/Internazionale midway through the 1999–2000 Serie A. After only 10 games there he left for Hellas Verona F.C./Verona and then Parma F.C./Parma, for which he scored 39 goals in the next three years. His excellent form brought him a €22.5 million transfer to Chelsea F.C./Chelsea. Due to breach of contract for failing a drug test, he was released and returned to Serie A to join Juventus F.C./Juventus. After the 2006 Italian football scandal and the relegation of Juventus to Serie B, Mutu decided to join ACF Fiorentina/Fiorentina, where he played consistently for five years. He then had a season at AC Cesena/Cesena and French club AC Ajaccio/Ajaccio before returning to Romania with Petrolul Ploie?ti in 2014. On 5 April 2013, Mutu announced his intention to retire from football at the end of the 2013–14 season.

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I am not afraid of the beautiful women in England who, I hear, chase after footballers.

I want to prove in the national team that I'm a good player.

It's not important that he has a lot of money... the most important thing is that he invests it in soccer.

If we have a chance, even if it is almost evaporated, to qualify, we have to play seriously and not give up hope.

I think United should worry about us. We beat them last season and all our strikers look very strong.

My situation at Chelsea became tense because I was regularly dropped from the team without apparent reason.

Had to give other people a chance.

I know now that it would be better for me to leave and find a team to play for. I can't live without playing.