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Fiorentina forward Adrian Mutu has been suspended for nine months by the Italian Olympic Committee's antidoping tribunal.
The 31-year-old Romanian twice tested positive for sibutramine following games against Bari and Lazio in January, and will be unable to play until Oct. 29.
``I'm not happy,'' Mutu said Monday. ``A suspension this long for a laxative seems excessive.''
In 2004, Mutu received a seven-month ban for testing positive for cocaine while with Chelsea.
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His lawyer said they an appeal was possible to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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