Mourinho insisted he had not spoken to the Romanian since the club’s medical department told him he was not fit to play or train with the first-team squad.

But the Chelsea manager did admit it was impossible to control what players did once they had left the confines of the training ground.

However, he made it clear Chelsea were doing all they could to ensure their current academy youngsters know all about the possible pitfalls that lie in wait outside the footballing environment.

Mourinho said: “A professional player has to be aware of what he can do and what he should do.

“That’s professional education. I don’t know what all of them are doing outside of their professional life – it’s impossible to control it. Impossible.

“But when I see the enthusiasm and commitment of the players on the training ground I only believe they are top players who are giving everything.

“The director of our academy is working very hard in passing this information to the kids. We want to teach our kids how to behave as professionals in the future. We have a rule book and that means a lot.”

Mourinho added that he had not spoken to Mutu and would not comment on why he was not available for tomorrow’s game.

Mourinho said: “I don’t know when he will be fit. I don’t speak with him. I do not want to concentrate on players who are not in the squad.

“He has not been available since the previous Monday when he could not work with the team.

“I received written information from my medical department saying he was not available to train with my group. When they don’t train with my group, they don’t play.

“I have 19 players for tomorrow and I only need 18, so one of them will have to sit in the stand.”

However, when quizzed as to why Mutu played for Romania against the Czech Republic in the World Cup qualifier last week, Mourinho said the question should be directed to the Romanian team doctors.

Mutu has admitted to testing positive for cocaine and will not request that a ‘B’ sample be analysed according to players’ union chief Gordon Taylor.

The Chelsea striker met with representatives of the Professional Footballers’ Association yesterday and will not insist on counter-analysis of the original test which proved positive for cocaine.

“He will not be going ahead with the second test. He has tested positive for cocaine,” Taylor told the Press Association.

“There will be a hearing at the Football Association, which we hope can be held as quickly as possible to get the matter dealt with.”

Taylor expects there to be PFA representation at the hearing while Mutu’s advisors should also be free to attend before an FA commission, who must decide the Romanian star’s fate.

The player could be suspended for up to two years but he can expect a lighter penalty, particularly in light of his early admission and acceptance of the original test result.

Mutu’s representative Gheorghe Popescu revealed the player has been “destroyed” but hopes to escape with a six-month suspension by coming clean.

Former Romania midfielder Popescu, now one of Mutu’s agents, advised the player not to seek counter-analysis of his sample.

“Mutu is destroyed. I told him to assume full responsibility for his actions but he seemed not to understand,” said the former Tottenham player.

“I told him not to ask for a second sample so as not to prolong his agony. I told him that almost always the second sample confirms the first.”

Ioan Becali, another of Mutu’s representatives, refused to fly to London because he was so upset by the revelations and because he knew they were true.

Becali said: “I found out about the result on Tuesday. The Chelsea manager (Jose Mourinho) was a gentleman and called me.

“From that moment I decided to change my phone number. That is why I didn’t want to go to England with my brother Victor, who also looks after Adrian, because I knew the story was true.

“I was very unhappy with Mutu and told him about the test. But he decided to go to Italy because he would be ashamed to appear in front of his colleagues ahead of this news.”

Mutu, signed from Parma for £15.8million last year, now faces having his lucrative £60,000-a-week contract ripped up by Chelsea.

Mutu fell out with Mourinho over his decision to defy the club and play for Romania in their World Cup qualifier against the Czech Republic last week.

The striker played despite a knee problem and Mourinho fined him two weeks’ wages on his return to England.

He has now been told to stay away from the club’s training ground.

The club and the Football Association have yet to make any comment.