Former Chelsea star Adrian Mutu says he is excited about the new chapter in his life as a coach. The coach of the Al Wahda reserve teamis happy to be a source of inspiration and guidance to the next generation of stars.
As Chelsea keep struggling to get their targets this summer, this season seems like one that would be hard fought.
Antonio Conte tried luring RomeluLukaku back to Chelsea earlier but Manchester United beat them to it. While the Italian has added three to four new players, he would be set for transfer deadline pressure to add more, considering the number that left.
As Chelsea continue to suffer more woes in the transfer market, we remember when they signed Adrian Mutu back in 2003.
The Romanian joined the west London club that summer. He moved from Parma to Chelsea for a then large sum of €22.5 million. That was before the transfer market got as inflated as it is now. (more…)
It’s fair to say that the relationship between Christoph Daum, who is in charge of the senior soccer team of Romania, and the Romanian media is not the strongest and the friendliest.
It seriously annoyed Daum last week when ahead of a big match versus Chile, a media person took a dig at him asking him when he was going to leave his post.
Answering the question in a very angry tone, Daum accused that journalist of harming the Romanian soccer and not helping it in any way with that kind of journalism.
Daum said in that press conference that he has been putting facts and figures in front of the media and has been giving them the reasons why the team is not being consistent and what is the work to be done in future to achieve the consistency, but, the media is singing its own tune and is not ready to pay any attention to his remarks. (more…)
Football players always dream of winning titles after all the hard work.
Italian Giuseppe Signori makes this list. He netted 283 times in his career but he never quite got to lift a major trophy. He was the top scorer in the Serie A for three years out of four. He was the top scorer in the Coppa Italia two times but it was after he left that Lazio won the Coppa Italia, UEFA Super Cup and even the Serie A.
Bernd Schneider is a decent star that made finals multiple times but he never lifted the title. He played in the Bundesliga, coming close in second place twice in 1999/2000 and 2001/2002; he played in the DFB Pokal, emerging runners up in 2001/02 and 2008/09, and he was in the team that reached the Champions League final in 2001/02 yet no single victory. He played at the FIFA World Cup in 2002 yet a silver medal. How unlucky he must feel. Luigi Di Biagio also has numerous runner up finishes with no major credit. (more…)
Former Chelsea player Adrian Mutu has stated that Chelsea will be champions this season.
For Adrian Mutu, Chelsea deserves to win the league as they have been the most consistent side this season. He said that Antonio Conte has successfully motivated his players and that they have become a formidable team.
The former Chelsea player said that players such as Costa and Hazard had found their form back under Conte and this is one of the reasons why the team has been able to perform so well this season. He said that Conte has also made some shrewd additions to the team. He believes that Kante has added more energy in the middle of the park and also provide an additional cover for the defender. (more…)
Romania is set to honour football stars during the country’s Football Gala in the first week of December, 2016.
The Football Gala is in its 18th year. The Gala seeks to honour sterling football stars in Romanian football, even though other sports are considered too. The Footballer of the Year award is the most prized. It has been awarded to big names like Gica Hagi, Cosmin Contra, Christian Chivu, and cocaine-shamed former player Adrian Mutu, amongst others.
In recent years, players like Cristian Torje, Alexandru Bourceanu, Lucian Sanmartean have snapped up the award. However, there are several other categories like the Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender of the Year, Midfielder of the Year, Forward of the Year and many other categories.
This year, Ciprian Tatarusanu, Florin Nita and Silviu Lung are battling for the Goalkeeper of the Year award while Romario Benzar, Gabriel Tamas and Dragos Grigore would battle for the Defender of the Year honour. (more…)
Adrian Mutu has been named as the manager of Dinamo Bucharest to the surprise of many football pundits.
The player has retired from football in May after spending 19 years in the footballing world. Adrian Mutu played for Dinamo Bucharest for two years from 1999 to 2000 where he managed to make 42 appearances for the club and scored 29 goals during the process.
The club’s majority owner said that it an exciting time for the club to have someone as Adrian Mutu at the head of the club. He believes that Mutu’s experience both at the domestic and international level will be an important asset for the club. The owner said that Dinamo Bucharest is looking to develop as a club and they feel that the appointment of a manager such as Mutu is a massive step in the proper direction, (more…)
Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has slammed Jose Mourinho and stated that the manager is a fake person. Both parties have had some issues in the past, but it is the first time that Mutu has been speaking publicly about his former manager.
For Adrian Mutu, Jose Mourinho does not know how to communicate with his players and that he is distant as a manager. He said that there is no way for a player to approach him and to discuss about an issue.
He said that Mourinho always makes it a purpose to irritate its players and that he does not do anything to keep his players happy. He said it is always the big personality in the team that gets problem with the manager, and Mutu believes that he will never change.
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Anghel lordanescu says if he had the choice, there was not a chance of him picking Les Blues out of all the teams for Romania’s opening encounter, but, now that such has been the programme, he would want to have a positive perspective and see it as an opportunity for Romania to shine in a match which would be viewed in each and every corner of the world.
According to Iordanescu, the strong point of Romania is that the organisation of the defence is solid and goals are always tough to come by for the opposition and also, discipline-wise, his players are very good. Whatever strategy is discussed and finalized in the preparations, it is well-remembered and nobody really errs from that too often.
Iordanescu reckons that the match versus Albania; which is going to be the last preliminary-round match for Romania, is crucial because it is scheduled at the end and at that time, various qualification equations would be forming. (more…)
The FC Pune City is quite determined to make things better for the next season.
Adrian Mutu had made 10 appearances with 4 goals in the last season. Although his performance was good, he could not help his team to get qualified for the playoffs. The FC Pune management has taken a decision to put their faith in this player once again. They want to retain Mutu as the management feels that it would be the best way to initiate things. This is one of the latest rumors which have made a buzz. (more…)