Chelsea vow to fight FA charge

CHELSEA have been charged with misconduct by the Football Association for carrying out their own drugs test on a group of players to try to confirm suspicions about Romanian striker Adrian Mutu, who later tested positive for cocaine.

The FA do not allow players to be tested independently in case it leads to incidents where clubs could try to cover up drug usage by squad members.

Chelsea insist they are in the right morally, and will strongly contest the charge, which relates to July 12 last year when the club tested a number of players at pre-season training.