Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu wants to adopt the Chinese baby rescued from being flushed down a toilet.

He spoke as the tot was released from hospital and taken home by his grandparents - six days after being cut free from the four inch pipe.

Dad-of-three Mutu, who now plays for Corsican-based French team AC Ajaccio, told a TV station in his native Romania: "When I saw the baby I said, 'I must adopt him, he has been sent to me by God."