Forgotten Chelsea player sucked blood from porn star and almost hit Jose Mourinho during turbulent Stamford Bridge spell

A former Chelsea player once sucked blood from a porn star and almost hit Jose Mourinho during an incident-filled stint at Stamford Bridge.

Back in 2003, during what was a big spending spree led by then-owner Roman Abramovich, Chelsea signed Romanian Adrian Mutu.

The attacking midfielder arrived from Italian side Parma for a reported fee of £15.2 million.

In the same window, the likes of Claude Makelele, Hernan Crespo and Damien Duff also moved to Chelsea.

Mutu was in fine form during his first season at Chelsea under Claudio Ranieri, earning him a nomination for the 2003 Ballon d'Or award.

However, things began to turn when Ranieri was replaced by Jose Mourinho in 2004.

As per talkSPORT, Mourinho approached Mutu and his team with accusations of drug use during his first training session in pre-season. But the drug test came back negative.

Mutu later claimed that he and Mourinho were involved in a huge argument over his attitude and publicly accused the Portuguese of lying about his fitness.

The Romanian stated that he nearly hit Mourinho during the row, which ended up in a £120,000 fine for Mutu.

In October 2004, Mutu tested positive for cocaine.

Explaining his positive test, Mutu said: “The only reason I took what I took was because I wanted to improve my sexual performance.

“It may be funny but it’s true. I did not take cocaine. I took something to make me feel good.”

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Mutu was immediately banned from football for seven months.

The striker then made further headlines in 2004 after he was captured sucking the blood from porn star Laura Anderson.

Chelsea then decided to sack Mutu for breach of contract and the Romanian was ordered to pay the club £15.2 million in damages by FIFA.

Mutu appealed the decision by it was rejected by the European Court of Human Rights in 2018.

Speaking to the BBC in 2020, he said: “I've passed through hard moments and I came back stronger. If one of my players happens to make a mistake I will tell them to learn from it and not to repeat it.

“My ambitions as a coach cannot be lower than the ones I had as a footballer.

“I always wanted to be better and better. I want to get to coach at least at the same level I played at, and my dream is to be the head coach of the Romanian national team.”