The Metaloglobus Bucharest Sentinel
Squad4 Jan 2027
Robert Soşa breaks a bone — 19 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 19 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market4 Jan 2027
Laurenţiu Liş asks to leave Metaloglobus Bucharest
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Real improvement from Alexandru Irimia at Metaloglobus Bucharest
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Alexandru Irimia is 20, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Metaloglobus Bucharest
Daniel Popa was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad4 Jan 2027
Florin Purece is not the player he was
It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph a local paper has to write. 35 years old, 3 points down on where he was, and a body that has started charging interest on a career.
Transfer targets4 Jan 2027
Metaloglobus Bucharest rebuffed over Kévin Mbala
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olimpia Satu Mare have kept their man, and Metaloglobus Bucharest go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match2 Jan 2027
The run at home goes on for Metaloglobus Bucharest
8 matches unbeaten here. Every visiting manager is asked about it in the week before, which is precisely why it keeps going.
Market4 Jan 2027
Talks stall between Metaloglobus Bucharest and Vlad Pop
“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.
Player ratings4 Jan 2027
Nobody could get near Daniel Popa
Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Transfer targets Metaloglobus Bucharest try to borrow Sebastian Mailat
- The dugout Half-satisfied: Razvan Iancu on the draw
- The dugout George Caramalău gets it from the manager