Rusescu had just separated from Lamezia Terme, a team from the lower divisions of Italy, and was called by Adi Popa, his former FCSB colleague, who tried to lure him in Ghencea!
The one nicknamed once “Raul de Ghencea” supports in the GSP podcast that he did not conceive to wear the jersey of the FCSB identity rival.
VIDEO. Raul Rusescu reveals to “2 to 1” that Adi Popa called to go to Steaua!
“It was an Adi Popa's phone at me at that time. I hope I'm not mistaken, but I said they didn't have money to take me. It was a little joke, of course. He couldn't happen, there was no question to go there.
First I can't go to a team without the right of promotion. Even though I was at the end of my career, I wanted to fight for something, to have a goal. That's how I had in Chiajna. I would not have come only for the sake of coming, “Rusescu said, in the GSP podcast” 2 to 1 “.
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In Chiajna, Rusescu signed a contract with an extension option in the event of promotion. It did not happen, and Raul put his boots in the summer of 2023.
“Do you realize what chaos was coming out?!”
Attack at FCSB in 3 different periods, the best Romanian player of 2012, Rusescu claimed countless times that for him “True Steaua” is the team he evolved, sponsored by Gigi Becali.
“It was hard to go there. My opinion related to the topic of FCSB-Steaua is well-known and would not have changed. Let's say I was at the presentation press conference at CSA and a journalist would have asked me:” Who is the true star? ”
I would have replied that it is the team in Liga 1. How was it, possibly, to have a shirt with the message “FCSB = Star”? Do you realize what chaos was coming out?! ”, Completed Rusescu.
“Maybe the star would not have existed without Gigi Becali”
“It is not that I have a lack of respect for them. God, I just support my opinion. If a ministry wants to make a football team, to do.
But let's not forget that Steaua, if it wasn't Gigi Becali, may not have existed. There were financial problems. Okay, it's a long discussion … ”, Conclis Rusescu.
My discussion with Adi Popa was a very short one. He will never convince me that the club is Steaua. I think I can convince him faster that it is not.
– Raul Rusescu
Full video. Raul Rusescu, invited to Podcastul GSP “2 to 1”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtdkihvxmh8
About Raul Rusescu:
- one of the most important attackers that Romanian football has had in the last 15 years;
- He has played throughout his career such as Unirea Urziceni, FCSB, Sevilla, Braga or Osmanlispor and has gathered 10 presence and a goal in the shirt of the first representative;
- The Golgheter of League 1 in the 2012-2013 edition, with 21 goals, “Raul de Ghencea” won 6 trophies as a footballer, including 3 championships of Romania;
- In 2012, Raul Rusescu wins the “Romanian footballer of the year” prize in the prestigious investigation of the Sports Gazette;
- from February 2024 is an expert GSP live;
- Starting with October 2024, he is one of the hosts of the GSP podcast “2 to 1”.
