Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 12:43 / Updated Tuesday, April 21, 2026 12:44
Gigi Becali (67 years old), the owner of FCSBwent live the day after the away win with lighthousescore 3-2, and announced that Vlad Chiriches (36 years old) suffered a tear and will not play another game for the champion of the last two editions of the Superliga, given that he will need 2-3 months to recover.
Vlad Chiricheș became the “apple of discord” between Gigi Becali and Mirel Rădoi (45 years old), the coach brought to FCSB to qualify the team for the Conference League play-off. The technician used Chiricheș in the victory two rounds ago, 4-0 with Oțelul Galati, a fact vehemently criticized by the boss.
Later, Rădoi “challenged” Gigi Becali and started Chiricheș also in the match played in Constanța. The veteran injured himself in Monday night's game and left the field in the 77th minute. At the end of the game, the FCSB boss made a live TV intervention, in which he declared that “God got rid of him. It's good that he got injured.”
The player gave the reply to Becali right at the interview after the match with Farul, noting that “in football there is no gratitude”. However, the owner of FCSB stated that he was not disturbed by Chiricheș's words.
Gigi Becali announced that Vlad Chiricheș will no longer play for FCSB: “It was the last match, goodbye!”
“It was Chiricheș's last match because he got injured, he has a tear in I don't know what, he doesn't have time to recover, there are a few more matches. Goodbye!
It doesn't recover, it has to stay for 2-3 months. I don't know that, for me it was the last match, but if Mirel Rădoi scores it, what should I do? I am the boss of the team that I established with a fine «help me, I want you to help me». He came, he didn't want any money. If I get an offer I will go.
Before the match with Farul, he told me: “we'll see what we'll do. I want to win so that we are 10 points away from them and we don't have any more problems to play the play-off». That now it is clear that we are going to play it.
He told me, if I'm going to leave I'm going to leave you with an analysis of everything I had, everything I saw, everything you need to do. Detail. Why should I talk when I won the match without emotions? We won with Oțelul 4-0, we won with Farul, what should I do if they put Chiricheş in? Put Chiricheş in, and we win all the matches and he plays 200 matches. Then, goodbye”, declared Gigi Becali, according to fanatik.ro.
Gigi Becali: “I didn't mind Chiricheș's statements”
“I didn't mind Chiricheș's statements, he is also right. Justice is not only mine, I say what I believe and see. He must keep in mind that whenever I talked about him I always started with a speech of thanks for what we did together. Right now, no one forced me to extend his contract, because we prayed for him, here he is right, it's normal, he's also a man, he's disturbed.
As an optician, I said that I could see that he could no longer run. I can't say that only I am right. I am the man of justice. Justice must be done even if the earth sinks. Maybe I'm exaggerating, I had to, considering what I gained with him, how good a man he was, and how professional, I shouldn't say. I said it on my nerves. But justice is with him, in the general way”.
