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"I could have easily won the Ballon d'Or", former Chelsea star: Coke got in the way!
2025-03-27 18:25:56 / SPORT
In August 2003, Chelsea bought Adrian Mutu for £16 million, at a time when the club was spending thanks to new investment from Roman Abramovich.
Damien Duff, Juan Sebastián Verón, Joe Cole, Hernán Crespo and Claude Makélélé were among others who arrived at the same time.
The Romanian, who is remembered in England more for his doping ban than for his performances on the pitch, recalled those times to the Telegraph:
"Taking cocaine during my time at Chelsea was the worst decision I could have made in my career. I was lonely and sad, but neither depression nor anything else justified my actions.
"I should have asked for help. But you learn from everything in life, and this lesson made me a better person – much more mature and aware. And I'm proud of that."
"Zero tolerance - that was Chelsea's drug policy. And I think it's right. I made a mistake, I went astray and I paid the price.
"I wasn't used to that life. I wasn't prepared. I went to Chelsea during a turbulent period in my personal life and found myself trapped in a lot of excuses and lies. I was very young and very alone."
The consequences of that choice: " I've thought about it a lot and I think that for more than a season I've been among the best players in the world, so I could have easily won the Ballon d'Or. But bad decisions prevented me from doing that. I try not to beat myself up about it."
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