Article by Alexandru Stanciu – Published Wednesday, May 27, 2026 9:32 p.m. / Updated Wednesday, May 27, 2026 10:10 p.m.
Mihai Stoica (61 years old), the president of the FCSB Board of Directors, announced the separation from Baba Alhassan (26 years old), a player that Marius Baciu (51 years old) will not be able to count on in the Conference League play-off final, against rival Dinamo. Also, MM revealed that Mihai Popescu (33 years old) accepted the new proposal and will sign the extension for two more seasons.
The FCSB official also confessed that Siyabonga Ngezana (28 years old) is also close to extending his deal with the team for which he has played for the last 3 seasons.
Mihai Stoica announced that Mihai Popescu will extend his contract with FCSB: “I am very satisfied”
“Crețu can play, Miculescu can't play. Maybe he will be on the bench, he is in doubt. Baba Alhassan will not be there at all. He has a problem, he must be with his family. He is not playing in this match. There was no way he could sit, he really had no way,” said Mihai Stoica, present in the Prima Sport studio.
Asked by the moderator of the show if the midfielder is history at FCSB, MM answered succinctly: “Yes, it's history!”.
Later, the FCSB official revealed that Mihai Popescu was going to sign the contract extension. The central defender suffered a serious injury last fall, in an action of the national team, and Gigi Becali has been announcing his separation from the player ever since. However, the defender recovered faster than expected and returned to FCSB's starting line-up at the end of this season.
“Tomorrow, Mihai Popescu will sign a two-year extension. I'm very pleased, because he impressed us all with this extremely fast comeback. We thought he wouldn't play this year, and now he's the starter. Look, he surprised us all.
The rest is discussed. Ngezana will probably continue as well. Probable. For now, no one is thinking about that. With Mihai Popescu, playing and being a starter, it was important to know that he will stay here and that he is not thinking, like any player in the last match, about what will happen next. He has a reason to stress in the minus. He is signed on a good contract for two more years,” the FCSB official added.
Mihai Stoica, about the possible failure to qualify in the Conference League: “It doesn't change Gigi's optics at all”
Regarding the club's financial damages if they miss the qualification in the Conference League, Mihai Stoica pointed out: “It's about 7-8-10 million euros, there are also bonuses to be paid. For Gigi, 7-8 million doesn't matter, believe me.
In the situation I know, we don't want to think about it, but it doesn't change Gigi's optics at all. He wants to strengthen the team and we hope to reach our targets. But for now, we're focused on Friday.
Training doesn't matter now, absolutely not at all. This is the last game of the season. There are training sessions where there are 0-0 games and that means there is a lack of confidence and it is bad work. There are practices that end 6-6, like backgammon.
Tavi Popescu looked exceptional in training when Mirel came, and in matches he was very weak. Now he has looked good in training and played very well in matches“.
