European: Juve sign Mutu!

Juventus have announced the signing of former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu on a five-year contract.

The Bianconeri have long been linked with Mutu, ever since he was sacked by Chelsea earlier this season for a positive drugs test.

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its a strange one too me, i think when chelsea signed him, they beat juve to the move.

and he cant play till next season really. i think he back in may, but match fitness etc

but they have a armoury of good strikers, del piero, trezeguet, ibromhavic and zalayeta aint a bad player. they got a guy called miccoli out on loan and hes supposed to be good.

you would think there must be a deal for one of those players to go out

Looks like the bided their time and eventually got him for nothing, not bad lol!

Yay! They got the guy who apparantly cannot f@#k without coke!

That's one less sleaze out of the premiership...a shame about the other hundred or so that are still about.

capello is well chuffed with the deal

Juventus coach Fabio Capello has welcomed the arrival of Adrian Mutu to Turin.

Mutu has joined Chelsea on a free transfer after having his contract cancelled by Chelsea for failing a drugs test.

Capello believes Mutu will prove to be a good acquisition for Juventus as he was a big fan of the Romanian during his time Parma.

"He is fast, already knows the Serie A style and has the characteristics I look for in a player," said Capello.

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Adrian Mutu's official presentation as a Juventus player, originally scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed due to unforeseen transfer problems. Due to fulfilling their non-EU quota for this season, the Bianconeri cannot register the Romanian international until they free up a place in the squad by disposing of a foreign player.

To bypass this issue fellow Serie A side Livorno have agreed to register the 26-year-old until such time when Juve are able to do so themselves, in a similar move to that engineered between Inter and Chievo for the signing of Carlos Gamarra in 2002.

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hmmm. if they are going to have to get of a foriegner and its a striker they are brining in, maybe its the end for zaleyeta

I think its a bit out of order that they are allowed to do that. Even worse the teams are in trhe same League...

yer. it does sound a bit dodgy.

juventus aint allowed him in there books cos of this max non eu players? so he goes to another team where hes gonna train and so on. then when the season finishes he goes to juventus. so. are juventus paying this team to keep him there, it sounds juventus have done good business if its all true. and this team are making money for nothing really

he could play in the champions league final

Adrian Mutu could make his return to football in the UEFA Champions League final, if Juventus make it through to the competition's pinnacle.

The disgraced Romanian was sacked by Chelsea after testing positive for a banned substance, but quickly found himself a new club.

Livorno technically hold the player's registration, but they have loaned him to Juventus - who would otherwise have had too many non-EU players on their books.

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juventus admit they wanted him in the summer

Juventus have confirmed that they made a bid in the summer to lure then Chelsea star Adrian Mutu back to Italy.

The disgraced Romanian has now inked a deal with the Turin giants following his sacking for a failed drugs test.

However, Juve general manager Luciano Moggi has confirmed that the Serie A league leaders were keen on a move for the player before his controversial axing.

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