Article by Alexandru Barbu – Published Friday, 03 April 2026, 14:35 / Updated Friday, 03 April 2026 14:35
Guest on the GSP podcast “2 to 1”physical trainer Thomas Neubert, 57, says we are “30 years behind”. It reveals an underlying condition they don't even benefit from FCSBamong the most developed clubs in the Superliga.
Neubert is confused with the best years FCSB has had since 2012. He is now out of contract after terminating his deal with the Reds a month ago.
“I'm very proud that I changed the methodology a lot in Romania. Before I came to FCSB, I don't know what methods there were, what intensity there was in training…”, said Neubert, on the GSP “2 to 1” podcast.
Thomas Neubert, rare appearance on the GSP podcast “2 to 1”: “Every journalist asks why we don't play in the Champions League any year…”
He continues: “In the old days, you went to the training camp, ran 12 kilometers without a ball, in the forest, on the street, and that was it. The players were prepared for a marathon, but not for football, which is totally different. That's why we won many matches in the last 20 minutes. The other players, the opponents, could run for 60-70 minutes, but they gave up at the end.”
Neubert considers that an acute problem of Romania “it's the lack of infrastructure”. And points to a concrete example: “Look, the grounds. How many training fields are heated in Romania? We didn't even have one at FCSB! The infrastructure is 30 years behind England, Germany, France. Every journalist asks why we don't play in the Champions League every year. Is it Gigi's fault, Thomas Neubert's, the coaches' fault? We are behind everything!”.
FCSB's situation is also replicated at other League 1 clubs. Dinamo and FC Botoșani are two of the teams that recently admitted that they do not have optimal training conditions during the winter.
FULL VIDEO | The GSP podcast “2 to 1” with Thomas Neubert:
About Thomas Neubert:
- in the period 2003-2006 he was a personal trainer on the physical training side for American soldiers of the US Air Force, from the US base in Ramstein, Germany;
- 1992 is the year Neubert started the courses for the physiotherapist specialization;
- in Germany he worked at Kaiserslautern, where he met Laurentiu Reghecampf, who would mark his career;
- in 2010 he came to Romania, brought by Reghecampf, with whom he teamed up, consecutively, at Gloria Bistrița, Chiajna, FCSB;
- he went with Reghe to Saudi Arabia, to Al Hilal. He also collaborated with Laurentiu in Bulgaria, at Litex Lovech, again at FCSB and later at Al Wasl;
- without Reghecampf, Neubert had contracts at Pandurii Tg. Jiu, CSKA Sofia and FCSB (3rd term) and collaborated with technicians like Elias Charalambous, Toni Petrea, Nicolae Dică, Edi Iordănescu;
- the success he knew at FCSB, with whom he won, among others, 4 titles in League 1, qualified in the Champions League groups and in the spring of the Europa League.
