Valeriu Iftime decided the fate of Marius Croitoru, the day after the failure with FCSB: “I have no way!”

• Marius Croitoru returned to Botoșani in March, after a break of almost two years from coaching. It is the technician's 3rd mandate on “Municipal”. He also trained FC Botoșani in 2019-2022 and 2023.

• This spring, Croitoru recorded the following record: 3 wins, 4 draws, 3 failures.

Does Marius Croitoru continue at FC Botoșani? Valeriu Iftime's categorical answer, live at GSP Live

Iftime is firm when it claims that “I can't keep Marius Croitoru in the future!”.

Asked more jokingly, more seriously if he is not afraid that Gigi Becali will hire Croitoru at FCSB, Iftime commented as follows: “Should Gigi Becali take him? No, never! We had a discussion at one point, when we were both looking for coaches. He had asked me about Leo Grozavu.

As far as I know, Grozavu would not work at FCSB. I never see him and Marius Croitoru at FCSB in the current structure. I find it impossible to associate this type of collaboration. I don't see them!“.

The objective of FC Botoșani in the coming season

With a restructured budgetIftime dreams of the play-offs next season.

“Of course I'm aiming for the play-offs next season, given that we've been on the edge now, but not only now. And with Marius Croitoru, and with Liviu Ciobotariu I was always there, we always fell in the play-out in the last stage”, adds Iftime, saddened by the previous championships.

“It was 3 years of total recession and bad football, I wanted to quit football!”, the businessman revealed.

Valeriu Iftime, about…

• …the performance of Andrei Dumiter with FCSB: “He played one of his best games. He's on the edge, we don't know if he's going or not”

• …Djibril Diaw: “I didn't like last night, that he couldn't finish the match. He didn't train either, but Ongenda was also tired; he didn't train at all for a week after the Steel match, when he was kicked”

• …Sebastian Mailat: “There are offers for him. It's hard to let him go, but if he gets a good offer and it suits him, I will”

• …market strategy: “Marius Croitoru has a structure now, he gave me a list. There is a squad structure, and 6-7 footballers should leave. At the same time, there are also some offers. We have some footballers that we have targeted and I hope they come to us”