The Chindia Târgoviște Sentinel
Market21 Aug 2028
Adams Friday sold, and an era ends
$660.0K from Universitatea Cluj for Adams Friday. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market21 Aug 2028
Andrei Pandele asks to leave Chindia Târgoviște
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Mario Contra keeps Chindia Târgoviște in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
No sign of nerves from Bogdan Petre at 19 — 7.83
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Bogdan Petre did not need any: 7.83, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
The terraces21 Aug 2028
Chindia Târgoviște sell a favourite for $660.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Adams Friday was one of the reasons people came, and $660.0K does not replace that by itself.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
Iustin Cristea says Chindia Târgoviște went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
The paperwork begins on Márk Karácsony
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Chindia Târgoviște have done the hard part with Olimpia Satu Mare, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Albert Hofman was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market21 Aug 2028
Vasco Gomes moves on
Sepsi OSK pay $180.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Chindia Târgoviște
- Transfer targets Door shut on Árpád Tordai
- Squad A falling-out at Chindia Târgoviște