“I only know when he collaborates with us that his family came to go to Decebal to get a young lady out of the apartment”

According to the boss Gigi Becali, the non-sporting life could be the reason why Octavian Popescu is no longer performing. Ioan Becali did not want to comment much on the subject, but he vaguely narrated an event in which he was allegedly requested by the footballer's family to go to an apartment in the Decebal area where Tavi was staying with a girl in order to get her out of the apartment.

Ioan Becali, revelations about Octavian Popescu's non-sporting life: “The family came to us to go to Decebal where he had rented an apartment with a young lady. Let's get her out of the house”

“I don't know anything. I only know when he was with us. His family came. Fhis family is not orthodox. That's why Gigi got baptized. But he came to us to go to Decebal where he had rented an apartment with a young lady. Let's get her out of the house. And we said we don't get involved in this stuff.

I got involved only once in my life, with Răducioiu, in 1991, with a lady of a different level. I don't know much. dar Robert, that scouter I had, who died, knew the whole situation and notified me. Gigi doesn't know very well either. He also receives information, that he has no spies, informants,” Ioan Becali said, according to fanatik.ro.

• Octavian Popescu last scored on May 5, 2025 in the derby won by FCSB against Dinamo, score 3-1, in the Superliga play-off. Then he scored twice

• His last offensive contribution was an assist in the FCSB – Drita duel on August 7, 2025. He then assisted on Graovac's goal in the 72nd minute.

• This season, Octavian Popescu ticked off 853 minutes in 24 games. He has just two assists: the one in the aforementioned Drita match and one in a setback to Farul in July 2025.

• Octavian Popescu has been with the FCSB senior team since 2020. He has 209 appearances for the Romanian champions, 25 goals and 25 assists. It is quoted by specialized websites at 850,000 million euros.