Cezar Titor article – published Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 12:28 / Updated Wednesday, 02 July 2025 12:28
Juan Bauza, 29, returned to Romania, at the training of FCU Craiova. The Argentinian still has two years of contract with the Bănie band, but, according to Adrian Mititelu, the owner of the Oltenians, he will not continue in the white-blue shirt.
After relegation to the second step, “Pepe” was borrowed in the United Arab Emirates at Baniyas, scoring three goals in 22 parties.
Adrian Mititelu said that the player will not remain in the lower leagues, being too valuable for this level. He believes that the footballer has the necessary value to reach one of the first two teams in Romania, being, in his opinion, one of the best in the country and, possibly, the best stranger in the championship. Mititelu estimates that the transfer of the “pearl” of the Oltenians will materialize in the next two to three weeks.
Adrian Mititelu: “Bauza is a player too valuable for the lower leagues in Romania”
“It will continue on another team. He is a player far too valuable for the lower leagues in Romania. I see it at the first two teams in Romania, it is among the best footballers in the country and maybe the best stranger. It will probably take two to three weeks until he leaves, ”Adrian Mititelu told the Sports Gazette.
According to him, Any stage of negotiations are still in the incipient phasenot still increasing nothing about the movement of the South American. There is the possibility to sign for a team from the Superliga, but also to tick a transfer outside the borders.
“Pepe” Bauza is listed at 700,000 euros, according to the specialized portal Transfermarkt, the largest value of the career reaching it in the winter of 2023: one million euros. He also evolved for Csikszereda to Romania, where he was transferred to Craiova. In the season of the relegation of the Oltenians, Bauza was one of the best strangers in the championship, with 7 goals and 6 decisive passes.
