Dragos Burca

Central Midfielder - Retired
11 Dec 2028
Monday
Process

Marked for Dragos Burca

25 Edition

The Astra Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Juan Galeano 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 Astra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Zoran Mitrov falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Market

Business is business: Dragos Burca goes

Pandurii paid $24.0K and Astra took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

No hiding place for Jhonny Mena

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jhonny Mena, and the manager let it.

Market

Pandurii are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Astra will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Vítor Manoel signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Vítor Manoel and Astra agree another 4 years.

In brief

Back issues
25 Edition

The Pandurii Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

David Cornell breaks a bone — 68 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 68 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market

Florin Mihaila attracts admirers

The name of Florin Mihaila has come up in conversations Pandurii were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Market

Bruno Ventura puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Pandurii, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Florin Mitrita 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 Pandurii this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Yannick Reuten falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Dmitry Guz'

“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.

In brief

24 Edition

The Astra Chronicle

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Paul Tanase asks to leave Astra

“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.

Squad

Stefan Iancu 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 Astra this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Home is on Alejandro Cavanna's mind

“Some mornings you wake up and you are still a long way from everything you know.” It is not the football and it never was; Astra are dealing with a man who wants a different country.

In brief