Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, 09 January 2026 20:36 / Updated Friday, 09 January 2026 20:48
Becali announced Thursday evening that “90-something percent a player will come today or tomorrow. I want a player with an aggressive profile in midfield. We have one who also plays central defender, he also knows with the ball, he is a good player. Mirel Rădoi's kind, only better”.
24 hours later, the boss of the red-blues reported that the move fell through because of the player's manager. FCSB did not stop looking for a midfielder, needing a replacement for Adrian Șut, sold to Al Ain. Mihai Lixandru, Vlad Chiricheș and Baba Alhassan are the champion's solutions in the middle.
Gigi Becali: “The transfer fell through after I said we would give 500,000 and that it was better than Șut”
“From now on, I'm not going to talk in advance, because I'm hurting myself. After I said that it is better than Șut, that we give 500,000, the manager said “Sir, it's not only 500,000, it's also about another club, which also wants that 500,000”.
So, from now on, I will only speak when the fact is accomplished. I'm not saying anything until it's resolved. He fell with that one… what to do? The player knows, he doesn't want to speak, he only speaks through the impresario. I don't care in 6 months. We talked to that club about how we can get him. I'm interested now, not in 6 months when it's available.
He is not Romanian, he is not from the championship. We are looking, we need a midfielder. It is possible that he will return, that he knows, that we have understood with the player. The manager told us what money the player wants. We got along with him. Now, we have to get one.
I wanted from the championship, but they don't want it. They don't want Pintilii and MM. They are not better than Lixandru and Chiricheș in the championship. We have nothing to take from the country. We have to take something to win the championship 3 stages before, because that's how I like it,” said Gigi Becali, on “Fotbal Club”, from Digi Sport.
