The Astra Chronicle
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Astra sell a favourite for $1.2M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Vlad Chiriches was one of the reasons people came, and $1.2M does not replace that by itself.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Astra rebuffed over Sergiu Mihaila
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Pandurii have kept their man, and Astra go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Andrei Mitrita hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Astra can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Dinis Rodrigues will not be coming to Astra
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Napoli is saying, and nobody at Astra is enjoying the guessing.
Market24 Aug 2026
Astra sell Vlad Chiriches for $1.2M
Vlad Chiriches has left for Voluntari in a $1.2M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Astra
Mihai Balasa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market24 Aug 2026
Business is business: Nicusor Mihaila goes
CFR Cluj paid $32.0K 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.
Match22 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Astra against Universitatea Craiova
0‑2 to Universitatea Craiova, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market24 Aug 2026
Petrolul join the queue for Mihai Stanciu
Add another name to the list: Petrolul have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Mihai Stanciu. The answer from Astra has not changed — yet.
In brief
- Squad Astra lose Alexandru Mihaila
- Squad Words at Astra training over how hard people work
- The dugout Marius Stanciu: “No excuses”