Article by Daniel Grigore – Published Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 12:30 / Updated Tuesday, February 10, 2026 12:37
“Tomorrow we are taking a striker, I told MM to look for a central defender as well. The striker is Dutch, we got along with him, but we have to sign”, were Becali's words “in the heat”, after the victory that brought his team closer to the play-offs.
On Monday, the red-blue breath waited to find out the name of the peak that would compete with Bîrligea, but was disappointed. The transfer failed again meanwhile Becali was convinced to give up the idea of bringing the stopper.
On Tuesday morning, Becali provided behind-the-scenes details. In the case of the striker, his camp would have requested that the parties sign the contract before the medical visit.
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“It happened that they dragged it, the player's agents, that it would be, that they would share it, to come on Tuesday. Well, how to come on Tuesday? Well, we take players… We put them to medical tests, what, do we take the player like that? [Au zis] that we do the papers on Monday and they come on Tuesday. Get out of here!
We give the money and come on Tuesday? Not. He comes here, we sign the papers, but we don't submit them either we don't pay a penny until we see what the doctor says. We are a professional club. What, are we jerks? They didn't want the money upfront, they wanted us to do the paperwork, to sign. Well, if you signed the papers, you have to give him the money.
And come Tuesday. How come Tuesday? Come now, we do the medical visit, we do the papers, but we don't sign them, we don't submit them until we see the tests. The amount was not large, but you don't give the money. He also had a contract for two and a half years,” Becali told fanatik.ro.
As for the central defender, The landowner was convinced that there would be no need for an additional solution there, given that Mihai Popescu is expected in training soon.
“They told me that Mihai Popescu has already been training with the team since Monday. Graovac is also coming, he can play on Sunday, and then we have 4. Lixandru can also play, and then there is no point,” Becali said.
The 4 would be Andre Duarte, Joyskim Dawa, Daniel Graovac and Mihai Popescu. The fifth professional stopper, Siyabonga Ngezana, will be unavailable until at least April after picking up an injury at the start of the month.
