Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Tuesday, December 16, 2025 10:24 p.m. / Updated Tuesday, December 16, 2025 10:51 p.m.
Following the goal scored in FCSB's victory over Unirea Slobozia, score 2-0, achieved on the very day he turned 18, Alexandru Stoian he stated that he wants “to become the best footballer in Romania, maybe even in the world”, reason for debate between the president of the Board of Directors of the titular champion, Mihai Stoica, and the president of Dinamo, Andrei Nicolescu.
Dinamo's official advised Mihai Stoica to “channel” Alexandru Stoian's exits, mentioning the similarity with Octavian Popescu's statements from the beginning of his career at FCSB, a player who recently fell into disgrace with his boss for his inconstant developments.
Andrei Nicolescu advised Mihai Stoica to temper Alexandru Stoian: “And Tavi Popescu had these statements at the beginning”
“Sure, the match could have been resolved faster, but Stoian missed from all positions. I was thinking that the day she comes of age she will remember that she failed, after all she did. Late for me, I was drained of energy. It was a tough match for me too.
Stoian is an execution player, with certain qualities. He needs to get physically fit and he can be a solution, not necessarily that he is under 21 years old. He also scored a penalty in the match with Craiova, which mattered a lot, it was an extremely important match. 100% we would have taken it if there was no rule. Gigi bought players on the conveyor belt. He said: “Well, I definitely want to take players”. Stoian was first on his list“, declared Mihai Stoica, at Prima Sport.
Present in the studio, Andrei Nicolescu scored: “I saw him at the interview, he should be channeled somehow. Don't have an evolution like this little one, Tavi Popescu. And at the beginning he had these statements with “I want to be the best” and here he is…“, to which Mihai Stoica intervened: “Well, he was the best then”.
Nicolescu concluded: “I think I need to be guided a bit”, and Mihai Stoica spoke again: “Stoian is a different type, both as a player and as a person. Tavi is shy, he's an introverted boy, it's very difficult to get him to open up. Stoian is a very voluble guy, always smiling, he's very nice. He's a berserker, a bercerer. Do you know what a bercerer means? He does everything.
These little ones who train with the first team and do not spoil the training are very well received. That is, not to miss from all positions when there are competitions in training, to run, to fight, not to jump the rope when the others enter harder.
I don't think there is a team where there is no competition, there is no way. That's what I like, to see how some people leave smiling and others angry. I like competitions in training the most. Olaru is vocal, Șut is officious and Tănase is officious”.
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