Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Saturday, January 10, 2026, 07:51 / Updated Saturday, January 10, 2026 07:57
Mihai Stoica, the president of the FCSB Board of Directors, contradicted Gigi Becali, the club's owner, regarding the comparison with Mirel Rădoi of the midfielder courted by the champion of Romania.
The transfer of the player who Becali said “is better than Radoi” fell through in the end. Although the club owner announced that he wants a defender now, Mihai Stoica declared himself satisfied with what FCSB has and listed the solutions in the middle of the field, putting offensive men on the list.
Mihai Stoica, about the missed transfer by FCSB: “I didn't say he was better than Rădoi, that would be blasphemy”
“The team will do without Shot. I'll tell you this. We take the U21 out of the question and we have, in 4-2-3-1, the two central midfielders, then we count the ones behind the top, without the U21 player.
Chiricheș, Lixandru, Baba, Tănase, Cisotti, Olaru, Miculescu, do you want me to continue? That there are already 7. Politic, Thiam, Octavian Popescu. There are 10. Do you think this is our problem now, that Adrian Șut has left? I hope he passes the medical with flying colors and signs. We have solutions.
We were very close to signing a central defensive midfielder. Unfortunately, the talks are over, the player Gigi was talking about will not come. 100% will not come.
I want to mention that I told Gigi that he was Mirel Rădoi's profile, that he played central defender and defender and that he gave his best performance in the system with 3 central defenders, right central defender. I never said he was better than Mirel Rădoi, I don't allow it, it would be blasphemy.
Mirel Rădoi was the most important player I worked with at Steaua. And if I were to see a better player, I wouldn't say that. Difficult to find a better player than Mirel Rădoi for a few hundred thousand. It's just that that transfer won't happen for a reason independent of our will”, said Mihai Stoica, on Prima Sport 1.
He fell with that one… what to do? The player knows, he doesn't want to speak, he only speaks through the impresario. We are looking, we need a midfielder, we need to get one. We have to take something to win the championship with 3 rounds to go, because that's how I like it.
– Gigi Becali, FCSB patron
