Despite a disastrous 14 months in west London, he remains highly thought of in Italy where he averaged better than a goal every two games for Parma, and has attracted interest from Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
Chelsea are hoping for a short ban so he can return to fitness and be placed in the shop window, enabling them to recoup some of the £15.8million they paid for him. The club have preferred to keep silent in accordance with confidentiality regulations, but are expected to make some sort of statement about their player's future after the FA decide on the nature of the charge.
One option is that Mutu could be ordered to go through a rehabilitation programme.
In that case, Chelsea would continue to pay the player around £60,000-perweek but could collect a fee if they decided to sell him at some point afterwards.
Mourinho refused to answer direct questions about Mutu at the statutory UEFA press conference before tonight's Champions League match against CSKA Moscow.
He did talk in general terms about what he expects from his Chelsea players.
"A professional player has to be aware of what he can do, what he should do. That is professional education. A man, a boy of 20-21 years age is always that age, whether he is a football player, a journalist or a student.
"He has the same kind of needs, the same desires, the same influence, as any other young man. The question is what can a footballer do?
"At this moment in our academy our director is working very hard passing this kind of information to the kids. It is so important.
"We want to teach our kids how to behave as professionals in the future.
"I am the manager of a group of 24. I don't know what all of them are doing outside their professional lives. It is important to control that.
"When I see my team work every day, though, when I see the enthusiasm, the concentration, the commitment, I only believe they are top pros interested in giving everything."
