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Earthquake at Rapid! Overthrow in the situation in the alcohol scandal »A basic player would be guilty and entered the disgrace of the bosses


Article by David Marinescu – published on Friday, May 23, 2025, 13:11 / Updated on Friday, May 23, 2025 13:17

Following an internal investigation, the Rapid's leadership gathered information indicating on Cristian Săpunaru As a initiator of the introduction of drink in the cantonment, and he can no longer be sure of the position of sports director, which he was following from the future championship.

With a completely missed season, in which any of the objectives were not achieved, winning the Romanian Cup or qualifying in the European Cups, at Rapid things continue to roll vertiginously and after the coach's separation.

Because lately, more and more “dirty laundry” has begun to emerge, which also explains the bad sinusoid not only the last results, but also of those in the last three years. In which, practically, the team is at the same point. In the tail of the play-off, far from the European claims, despite the major investments of over 20-25 million euros pumped in the club since Dan Șucu's arrival.

Cristian Săpunaru commands bringing beer to the cantonment

Sources close to the club revealed that, in all this period, except for the mandate of Adrian Mutu, at Rapid, some of the players always consumed alcoholic beverages, especially beer, view, training or cantonments. A situation that the coaches knew but, somehow tacitly, accepted it.

About the subject, the fact that the magazine Adrian Tarchilă (59 years old) was the one who brought a drink in the cantonment, wrote Digisport. However, GSP sources claim that the initiator of these things was, surprisingly, the old captain, Cristian Săpunaru, who played the withdrawal match last weekend.

He has no driver's notebook, so he had transformed Târchilă into his personal driver and good man, including bringing beer, acidified juices or pizza to training or cantonments. And they were all purchased through the special card from the club.

Following an internal investigation, which has not yet completed, the employers found out that it was 30-40 beers at each workout. And that for these services, the magazine was rewarded with a bonus of 1,000 euros a month by Săpunaru.

Initially it was decided that Adrian Tarcilă, one of the oldest club employees to be kicked out. Later, finding out that he has a contract only until the end of this month, he stayed, but he will leave Rapid. Especially since he had a problem, there was information that he had been involved in the introduction of pyrotechnic materials in the stadium, before the matches.

There are also many players who do not drink

The leadership of the Rapid had for a long time the indices that were happening, but recently, images of beer bottles began to appear in the cantonment or after matches. In order to stop the players to drink, it was reached to give up the usual glass of red wine, “official”, from the dinner before the parties.

One of the foreigners would have confessed to a colleague that at first he was totally surprised to see bottles of cola, beer and pizza after training, believing it was someone's anniversary. But the “anniversaries” were held.

But Săpunaru's initiatives were not tasted by all colleagues. The young people, such as Rareș Pop and Vulturar, but also Grameni, Alex Dobre, Christensen or Gojkovic, did not enter this “game”. And they are not the only ones. But others gave way to temptation.

A habit that, at Rapid, support the same sources, was instituted from the time when Drăghia and Junior Morais were still on the team.

Sunday have a meeting with Șucu

On Wednesday, Dan Șucu was on the team, being the first day when the training was led by interim Octavian Chihaia, the one who would take over the next season the Youth band. The majority shareholder spoke to the players about this last championship match, away, with U Cluj, where he will not be present.

He left the country, participating, as president of the Concordia Employers Confederation at a meeting of the Bussines Europe Council in Denmark, where a reception offered by King Frederik André Henrik Christian took place.

Moreover, Dan Șucu announced everyone not to go on vacation immediately after the match in Cluj, but to come to Bucharest, where an extremely important meeting will take place on Sunday.

GSP.ro sources claim that under these conditions, after all the information indicates Cristian Săpunaru as the initiator of this kind of skids in the middle of the team, the former international is no longer sure of the position of sports director, which he would have to occupy from next season.

Because Dan Șucu is not at all convinced that he wants to be represented in the relationship with the players who has propagated these things inside the club.

There is also the variant to be brought to Rapid another sports director, probably a foreigner, and Săpunaru to remain only a help. But it is hard to believe that the stop will accept such a compromise. It all depends now on the decision Dan Șucu will communicate to the players and the club on Sunday.

Ashley Davis

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