The Petrolul Courier
Squad18 Jan 2027
Mohammed Kamara in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Petrolul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
FCSB tell Petrolul: Octavian Popescu is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market18 Jan 2027
Dele Israel attracts admirers
The name of Dele Israel has come up in conversations Petrolul were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Andreiaş Calcan
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Petrolul try to borrow Viktor Kun
CFR Cluj have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Mohammed Kamara has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Petrolul will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Cristian Costin knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Petrolul, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market18 Jan 2027
Diogo Pinto linked with a move away
The name of Diogo Pinto keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Petrolul say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
A door opens for Ionuţ Ailenei
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
In brief
- Squad Valentin Creţu has company in his position
- Market Petrolul borrow Antonio Borduşanu
- Squad Andrei Vlad takes up the language