Adrian Mutu must pay Chelsea more than $20.7 million in compensation after losing his final appeal in a five-year legal case over a positive cocaine test. The Swiss Federal Court Monday followed the Court of Arbitration for Sport and FIFA in ruling that Mutu must pay the sum - a record for a football case. It was unclear whether the Romania international will be able to pay the full amount. Romanian television reported last year that the total compensation would likely bankrupt the 31-year-old player, who is currently serving a nine-month doping ban in Italy. Chelsea terminated Mutu's contract after he failed a drug test for cocaine in 2004. He still had nearly four years left on his contract with the Premier League club. Chelsea received no compensation when Mutu rebuilt his career in Italy, first with Juventus and since 2006 with Fiorentina. FIFA awarded damages to Chelsea because Mutu breached his contract, a decision upheld by CAS. Mutu took his appeals to Switzerland's supreme court, which ruled that CAS followed correct legal process when it dismissed Mutu's challenge to the FIFA decision. Mutu must pay ¤17,173,990 plus annual interest of 5 percent applied from Sept. 12, 2008. The federal panel also ordered him to pay court costs totaling 145,000 Swiss francs ($127,000; ¤104,000).
