Official: Mirel Rădoi is no longer Craiova's coach. The announcement made by the patron Mihai Rotaru

Craiova University was left without a coach, after 1-2 with UTA Arad, in the 16th round. The owner Mihai Rotaru (52 years old) confirmed the separation today, in a press conference, in which he revealed that he tried in every way to make Mirel Rădoi (44 years old) reconsider the decision.

Mirel Radoi is 44 years old

The coach has stood his ground as he feels he has reached exhaustion. “We had a discussion late into the night, we tried in every way to convince him, because we thought he could achieve something. And he achieved.

This is what we want in Craiova, so that from all points of view, organizational, administrative and sporting, we are at the level of Europe. And we showed that we can perform at the European level.

There were several reasons, the first being that this project had exhausted him and he preferred to stay away. There are events that are quite frequent in the life of a club, however we managed to stay together for 10 months, I would have liked to stay for two years.

What we can do now is to start from the level he left and go higher and higher“, declared Mihai Rotaru.

This second mandate at the University of Craiova was 10 months. It was the longest for Rădoi at club team level. In addition to Romania U21 and the first representative team, Mirel also worked at 5 clubs:

• FCSB – 5 months
• Al-Tai – 4 months
• Al-Baeteh – 6 months
• Al Jazeera – 4 months
• University of Craiova – 4 months, first term, 10 months second term