The Petrolul Courier
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 37 in, 0 out at Petrolul
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 37 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Petrolul
Valentin Creţu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A move Bryan Meyo would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Bryan Meyo is living that version at Petrolul, and it tends to show in the first month.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Nicusor Hagi gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Sep 2026
No place for Nicusor Hagi in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Petrolul are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market7 Sep 2026
Talks stall between Petrolul and Aldair Ferreira
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Bryan Meyo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Bryan Meyo and Petrolul agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market7 Sep 2026
Petrolul buy the years ahead of Bryan Meyo
He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Laurenţiu Popescu knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Laurenţiu Popescu trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Looking ahead Cristian Costin faces his old club
- The dugout Laurenţiu Brănescu has been promised minutes
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: Dinamo Bucharest at home