Article by Tudor Belivaca – published Tuesday, 05 August 2025, 00:49 / Updated Tuesday, 05 August 2025 00:55
Cristian Manea (27 years old), the defender from Rapid, is dissatisfied with how much playing time he receives and announced that he would like to leave Giulești. The intention was revealed immediately after the victory against FC Botosani, score 2-1.
Cristian Manea understood at Flash-Intervius that he would like to leave Rapid because of the limited game time offered by coach Costel Gâlcă. Another reason invoked is the fact that, sitting on the bench, leaves the circuit of the Națioanle team.
Cristi Manea announced that he wants to leave Rapid: “I do not want to disturb anyone, to take the money for nothing or …”
Cristi Manea. Photo: Cristi Preda (GSP)
“What I can tell you is that I feel very good, when I entered I gave everything I could. But it is normal. When you see that you do not play a match match, I, who have claims to go to the national team, normally I try to find something else. I do not want to disturb anyone, to take the money for nothing or … I want to play football.
It's not easy to get off the bench. I do not know, I wait to see the following weeks, because there is still transfer period. At the moment, now I focus on what's here, but you don't know what can happen.
No, I didn't talk to the coach, I didn't want to. It's the decision. I respect all my colleagues, they are like my brothers. Whoever believes that he deserves to play, play. I said I don't want to disturb. There is no problem, there are jobs, “said Cristi Manea, according to digisport.ro.
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Cristian Manea reached Rapid in the summer of 2024. Since then he has evolved in 32 parties, scored a goal and offered 4 decisive passes. Cristian Manea has been in the circuit of the national team for a long time. Under the “tricolor” it has 25 matches and 2 goals. The last time he stayed on the bank of the national team in November last year, just a few months after the arrival at Rapid. Ever since he arrived in Giulești, he has not caught minutes at national. At the last two “doubles”, from the world championship preliminaries, Cristi Manea did not catch the lot.
