“Is your wife stronger than you? You bring 20,000 euros into the house, she brings 3,000! Are you crazy?”
Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – Published Thursday, January 15, 2026 10:42 p.m. / Updated Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:30 p.m.
Gigi Becali (67 years old), the owner of FCSB, spoke again on the subject of his religion Mihai Popescu (32 years old), the central defender who renounced Orthodoxy and adopted the Pentecostal cult.
On Tuesday, January 13, Gigi Becali made a discriminatory statement to Mihai Popescu, saying that he would extend his contract, due in the summer, only if he returned to orthodoxy.
The boss of the champion nuanced that reference, then revealed a dialogue held with the stopper, in which he admitted that he made the change at the urging of his wife. He was amused by this.
Gigi Becali, in the case of Mihai Popescu: “I told him to respect his religion, not to change it”
“I didn't say he should change his religion to extend his contract. I said he should respect his religion, not change it. I have Muslims in the team, don't I? Their business.
But if you have a religion and you change it, there is something wrong with you. Let him return to his religion and I will extend his contract. Not to change her, to make her his. No one can take away your baptism. It is a faith and a baptism, as the Holy Apostle Paul says.
“Mihai Popescu told me, 'What should I do, Gigi, if she is stronger than me?'”
I had a discussion with him, that's why these fights are happening with him. I had a discussion with him, I appreciated him. I thought, tall boy, handsome boy, talented, he makes money. And he said to me, good boy, I like him a lot. And he said to me “what should I do bro”, nee Gigi, if she is stronger than me?».
Then I said, poor boy, I won't tell him anything more. You mean his wife is stronger than him? That it doesn't suit him. He made sure there was peace in the house. I mean, how, well, you to have peace in the house… He's not even convinced. He did it like that, coolly, so that he could have peace in the house. You should have taken her and baptized her Orthodox.
But she is stronger. She is a doctor. Well, you're a footballer, you bring home 20,000 euros a month, she brings in 3,000. You also bring 5 times more money than her, you are a taller and more handsome man, is she stronger than you? How come, are you crazy?“, said Digi Becali, on the show “Fotbal Show”, from Prima Sport.
How is Mihai Popescu's recovery progressing
Popescu is currently injured, after suffering a serious knee injury in the match Romania – Austria, score 1-0.
Those at FCSB expect the defender to be fit to play in a month and a half, which is in record time, considering that he was initially expected to be out for the entire season.
