Article by Daniel Grigore – Published on Sunday, 01 March 2026 23:59 / Updated on Monday, 02 March 2026 00:05
Former international star player Basarab Panduru, 55, heard the plan of Gigi Becali, who claimed that he wanted to make Mirel Rădoi general manager, and came up with another solution, as the former captain from FCSB to be installed head coach in place of Elias Charalambous.
Dissatisfied with the activity of Mihai Stoica in the mercato, reproaching him directly for bringing Ofri Arad, the failure to bring other footballers and the lack of authority in the team, Gigi Becali announced that he wants to strengthen the technical staff with scouts and maybe a general manager.
He revealed that he thought about Mirel Rădoi, the last time on the bench of the University of Craiova: “I called him, he didn't answer me. I would give him the title of general manager, because he is Radoi.” Becali also said what he would see Rădoi do: “To supervise training and all the discipline of the team, everything, everything”.
Panduru does not believe in this version. He would rather see Rădoi as a head coach, the role he fulfilled in recent years, including at FCSB in 2015.
Basarab Panduru comes with another “Rădoi la FCSB” variant: “Let him be appointed head coach”
“You have to do only one thing: resign (no – about Charalambous) and put Mirel Rădoi as head coach. That's the solution, no scouting, no mouthing, no nothing. You don't do anything with it. But, you don't know, it might be good that way.
Maybe there is this solution, I don't know, to get two good people to contact all the good people in Europe and bring you players. This is also possible, but I don't really see it on the horizon right now. But it is also possible,” said Panduru to PrimaSport.
“It is clear that Rădoi is not coming, but he would have been the perfect choice”
However, he does not think that Rădoi and Gigi Becali will end up collaborating again, despite the fin-godfather relationship. To blame, the interference of Gigi Becali in everything that moves the team:
“It's clear that nothing is happening and he's not coming. But I think he would have been the perfect choice. He would have gotten along very well with people, everyone would have been with him. I think he could do a job. But that's not going to happen, that's clear.”
That [Rădoi] to do what he wants, he has to buy his club. He likes to be from impresario to… He wants to control everything. As a coach at FCSB, I don't think he will ever walk again. It's clear from what Gigi said that he remains the boss of bosses.
– Claudiu Vaiscovici
