Article by Daniel Grigore – published Tuesday, July 29, 2025, 18:19 / Updated Tuesday, July 29, 2025 18:22
Ionuț Moșteanu, 51 years old, the Minister of National Defense, reports that in August he will analyze the situation of the Steaua Bucharest club in detail, to ensure that the money from which the “red-blue” benefits from the state budget are spent transparently.
At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of National Defense allocated 34 million euros for the budget of the Army Sports Club on 2025.
More than a month after he was invested as a Minister of Defense, Ionuț Moșteanu announced that he will be a period when he will dedicate himself to the situation from the club under the Umbrella Mapn, Steaua București.
The new Minister of Defense turns his attention to CSA Steaua: “Let's see where and what the money goes.”
“I plan to look closely. I said, I say it once. In August I will bend, I will dedicate the Steaua Club for a long time. I want to understand exactly what the situation is there. I have a financial image [despre finanțele clubului]. The club has many disciplines, many champions in various disciplines. We need to see exactly where and what the money goes to, if they go correct, if they are correctly divided.
Then we will see what things look like for the year, the law of the budget. Because it is, it is not possible for everyone to cut, but in some parts everything is good, cheerful. It cannot be so, it must be a kind of social equity.
But more than that, it is important to see that every lion spent, not just Steaua, is a lion spent after a thought. Here I want to change the way I work and I will look more closely in August, ”Moșteanu said at Primanews.
I want to create a framework in which with correctness, this beautiful and respected brand, to remain ours, of the army, to be able to associate with a potential investor to know the job, to have proven to have done this.
– Ionuț Mosteanu
“Let's close the star tomorrow? No!”
Moșteanu assured Star's supporters that he does not plan to stop the club's financing, but he understands that he will prioritize the directing of the money to the children and junior sections.
“Let's close the star tomorrow? No, this will not happen. Let's look at how we can finance each other more carefully. Yes. This will certainly happen. I think it must be from any public budget that goes to sports, a big piece to be addressed to meal, youth and junior, to have a selection base.
I would like to have more Romanians, more young people who enter the first league, perform and fight on a peer, in the European cups. We have a few in team sports, but not enough, even too few, ”says the minister.
Ionuț Moșteanu: “The Steaua brand will remain the state and be associated with a private”
Moșteanu also addressed the subject of the association with a legal person of private law, so that the star football team receives the right of promotion in the first league, the form of organization holding it for years in “B”.
“I think the only way, the right way. It's like The Steaua brand, respected and loved by everyone, to remain of the Romanian state, of the ministry. Has a track record, that e. E ours and remains regardless of ministers. That one must be associated, in a correct association, with a private one, in order to perform.
The idea that you can perform on the public money. But here is a broader, important discussion. Public money is also the money from football clubs, money given by the mayors from taxes and taxes. I think at some point we have to look at us all in the mirror, to understand that this is a fool. We better put this money in 5-6-7 years in the juniors, then break.
It is not a mayor's job to manage a football team. The local authority must help it, that it is part of the life of the community, but to a point. With access to infrastructure, some of the expenses. But from here, if you want performance, do sports marketing, associate yourself properly, be transparent in expenses if you want to bring sponsors ”, says Ionuț Moșteanu.
