Article by Răzvan Stamatiu – Published Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 2:28 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 2:28 p.m.
Invited to GSP Live, Raul Rusescu commented on the current situation of Mirel Rădoi at University of Craiova.
Things got complicated in Banieafter the last result in the championship, 0-0 with the “torch” Metaloglobus. Radoi was the target of the white-blue supporters, who booed him after the match. In the last 5 stages of the championship, Craiova achieved only one victory.
VIDEO. Raul Rusescu, today, on GSP Live: “Mirel Rădoi must finish the season in Craiova, although…”
Rusescu would like Rădoi to continue in Craiova, in the context of rumors that talk about a possible separation of Mirel from Olteni. But he is not convinced that Mihai Rotaru will not have to look for another technician during the current season.
“I don't think there is any question of Mirel Rădoi resigning, although you can expect anything from him. It wouldn't be a surprise if he does that, because that's his way, he makes radical decisions.
In the end, Craiova is a team built entirely according to his vision. The team qualified for the first time in a European group, in this new era of Craiova University, and he has to finish his season. Whether they win the championship or not, they have to finish the season there. Because the team was built exactly the way he wanted. I don't know if, in his coaching career, he has been in such a favorable situation before.
We are in Romania and we have to adapt to what is happening in Romania, everything cannot be perfect. In the end, the summer transfer campaign was an expensive one for Craiova University, Olten paid over 4 million euros for new players. The team is formed entirely according to the ideas and vision of Mirel Rădoi”, said Raul Rusescu, at GSP Live.
Mirel Rădoi, in Metaloglobus – University of Craiova. PHOTO: GSP.ro
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Rădoi is in his second term on the bench of the University of Craiova. His first experience in Oltenia was in the 2022-2023 season, when the technician led the team until December, parting ways with the club before the winter break.
“Radoi is the type of drastic and radical man, he can resign at any moment”
“They had 2-3 weaker matches, but there are also such results. They are in the groups of a European competition, they played the first match “at home”, a good match, which brought them a point, they could do more. Radoi must finish the season and try to win the championship or win the Romanian Cup.
But I can't say that I'm convinced that Radoi will stay in Craiova until the end of the season, if you ask me. I am used to him, he is the drastic and radical type of man, he can resign at any moment. But I say that it would not be normal and fair for the team he formed”, explained the former international, present in the Gazeta studio.
We can say with certainty that the period of the end of summer and the beginning of autumn is successful for the University of Craiova. Whoever says otherwise means he has other plans
– Raul Rusescu, at GSP Live
