From Serie B to the Europa League »Ionuț Radu signed with the new team! The details of the contract
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Monday, June 9, 2025, 11:57 / Updated Monday, June 9, 2025 12:02
Two weeks after the separation of Veneziawho returned to the second Italian division, Andrei Ionuț Radu found his team. The 28 -year -old goalkeeper signed a contract by 2029 with Celta Vigothe Galician band that qualified in the Europa League.
After defending in Serie A (Inter, Avellino, Genoa, Cremonese), in Ligue 1 (auxerre) and then in the Premier League (Bournemouth), the Romanian goalkeeper will evolve in the fourth top championship in Europe.
Ionuț Radu made very quickly the huge step from the penultimate ranked in Serie A to the band that ended La Liga on the seventh position and returned to the European Cups after an absence of eight years!
Ionuț Radu also had offers from Italy, England and the Netherlands
The international with four selections, who only took the preliminary group of Mircea Lucescu's team for the matches with Austria and Cyprus in the preliminaries for the 2026 World Championship, has received several offers in recent weeks.
77The matches have Ionuț Radu in Serie A, at Inter, Genoa, Cremonese and Venezia. Plus 17 parties in Ligue 1 (at Auxerre) and two more in the Premier League (Bournemouth)
Two were even written, from Serie A and Liga, in addition to other discussions with a premier League club and another from the Netherlands,
Ionuț Andrei Radu flew to the gate of Venezia and in the draw with Turin (1-1) / Photo: Imago
As GSP: RO announced exclusively, the best proposal was from Spain, from a club that struggles for a place in the continental cups.
And that's exactly what Radu chose. Celta Vigo was attracted the best and this morning called to conclude the transfer.
Venezia did not believe in Radu and misses the money of a transfer!
Venezia chose not to continue the collaboration, as in February he did not want to pay inter one million euros. And to pay the same amount to Radu in exchange for obtaining the signature of the goalkeeper for whom he would have obtained an at least double amount, if not even larger!
Ionuț Radu in Venezia – AC Milan, score 0-2 / Photo: IMAGO
Ionuț Andrei Radu left due to wage issues, after four excellent months spent in Venice. It has relaunched, but the club decided not to keep it. In the gate, Venezia redeem Filip Stankovic, with the intention of competing with Alessandro Plizzari, returned from Pescara
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In the presence of agent Federico Pastorello, Ionuț signed a four seasons agreement and received an installation premium in the amount of one million euros, because he came to Galicia as a free contract (understanding with Venezia was, theoretically, valid for another three weeks).
18Golars received in the 15 games played as an integralist in the gate of Venezia, which he closed in four games
The fact that the team prepared by Claudio Giráldez was qualified in the Europa League (last time he arrived in the 2016-2017 edition until the semifinals) weighed decisively, because the Romanian goalkeeper wanted to have a greater exposure and thus could increase his share. Until 28 years old, the former captain of the U21 national na started to defend the European interclub competitions!
The only Romanian passed to Celta was Tamas in 2006-2007
Ionuț Radu took advantage of the need that the Galician club had among the goals, given that the holder had already passed 38 years and anyway the contract finishes at the end of the month. The Spanish Vicente Guaita, ex-Valencia, Getafe and Crystal Palace, defended in 34 of the 38 stages, in the rest being the Ivan Villar reserve (27 years).
Gabi Tamas, in aerial duel with Hugo Almeid
Ionuț Radu is the second Romanian to wear the T -shirt of the Vigo band. The first past there was Gabriel Tamas. The stooper reached the 23 -year -old Estadio Balaidos, in the form of a loan from Spartak Moscow.
It remained at Celta only for the 2006-2007 season, in which it ticked 39 parties, 12 yellow cards and a red one. He did not stay in Russia, being sold at Auxerre in exchange for 3 million euros.
Captain Iago Aspas and Oscar Mingueza are the stars of Celta
Of Radu's new teammates, the Spanish international Oscar Mingueza (right defender), the goalscorer and captain of Iago Aspas plus the striker Borja Iglesias.
The Spanish international U21 Hugo Alvarez (extreme left), the midfielder Ilaix Moriba, raised in La Masia, the left-handed defender Marcos Alonso, Ex-Barcelona and Fiorentina, and the Swedish international stop Carl Starfelt.
