From national national on the bench? »What is waiting for Răzvan Sava after Romania's matches
Article by George Nistor – published Wednesday, October 08, 2025 6:39 pm / Updated Wednesday, October 08, 2025 6:54
Răzvan Sava (23 years old) could return to Udinese with a new status, after national team matches romaniawith Moldova and Austria. The goalkeeper who, most likely, will start on the bench the friendly match scheduled tomorrow, has high chances of becoming a reserve to the band prepared by Kosta Runjaic.
In the first six stages of Serie A, the goalkeeper was sure of his post and had solid benefits between the fruity shops, but Maduka Okoye's return threatens his position.
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Romania – Moldova is played on Thursday, from 21:00, on the National Arena in Bucharest. The match will be broadcast by Digisport 1, Prima TV and, in LiveText format, on gsp.ro.
Răzvan Sava has the post of holder threatened at Udinese
At the end of the international break, Udinese will be able to count again on Maduka Okoye (26 years old), River of Răzvan Sava.
The nigerian goalkeeper expired his two-month suspension on June 22 by the Federal Court, as a result of the suspicion that he deliberately received a yellow card during the Championship match with Lazio, from March 2024.
The sanction was applied starting with the first official match of the 2025-2026 season of Udinese, on August 18, in the Italian Cup, against the Carrase team.
Okoye, born and formed in Germany, received a yellow card for delaying the resumption of the game, following an agreement with a friend, a restaurant owner, who bet and multiplied the stake eight times, obtaining a win of 120,000 euros.
The investigation carried out by Figc, during which both the player and his friend were heard, concluded that there was no intention to influence the result of the match, which would have led to a suspension of up to four years.
All the accusations were withdrawn, and the two -month suspension was based exclusively on violating the general principle of loyalty, specified in the Federation Regulation.
Maduka Okoye and Răzvan Sava will fight again for the post of goalkeeper in Udinese. Photo: Imago
Okoye could be put up for sale but titled up to winter
Răzvan Sava transferred to Udinese in the summer of last year and took his place in the gate to Okoye after the Nigerian was injured in the wrist in December.
After three months of play, the former player from CFR Cluj suffered an injury, at the finger, and did not defend the rest of the season.
25Maduka Okoye in Serie A, in season 2024 – 2025, with 13 more than Răzvan Sava, checked.
7.5 million eurosIt is the market share of the Nigerian goalkeeper, according to transfermarkt.com, three times higher than that of Sava.
Known as a very careful trainer in the discipline, the Runjaic coach could rely on Okoye again, so that in the winter he would be placed on the transfer list.
In exchange for the African, the Friuliani paid the sum of 6 million euros in 2023 to Watford, a club belonging to the Pozzo family, as well as Udinese.
