The Viitorul Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Ionut Maxim again
The phone has started ringing about Ionut Maxim again, and this time the name on the line is Besiktas. Viitorul are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market3 Aug 2026
Viitorul turn down Lokomotiva Zagreb for Andrei Hagi
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market3 Aug 2026
Paul Mihaila raises the bar for Viitorul
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Viitorul heard it as anything else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Viitorul
Bogdan Iancu 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
6 goals as Viitorul and Astra go for it
Defending was optional and nobody took up the option. 6 goals between Viitorul and Astra, and not one of the people who paid to be there will ask for the money back.
Match1 Aug 2026
Viitorul come up short against Astra
Astra left with the points after a 2‑4 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Viitorul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ionut Maxim is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for George Stanciu
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to George Stanciu, and the manager let it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Daniel Nedelcearu told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Daniel Nedelcearu has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Viitorul.
In brief
- Squad Paul Mihaila knocks on the manager’s door
- Player ratings Vlad Nedelcearu runs at them all day
- The terraces The stands have heard the Ionut Maxim talk too