Mihai Ratiu

Central Defender - Astra
18 Sep 2026
Friday
Process

Marked for Mihai Ratiu

3 Edition

The Astra Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

No mercy from Astra

Petrolul will want this one forgotten quickly: 5‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Astra were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.

Player ratings

Adrian Ratiu scores twice — 9.49

Two goals and a mark of 9.49 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Market

Universitatea Craiova come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Astra did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Nicusor Mihaila has said yes to CFR Cluj

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Astra have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets

$390.0K settles it between the clubs for Ianis Tarbă

Dinamo Bucharest have accepted the money. What Astra do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Ammar Ramadan

Astra asked and DAC Dunajska Streda said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Transfer targets

No deal for Darius Olaru at that price

Astra offered $1.5M; FCSB said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets

Mihai Toma will not be coming to Astra

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at FCSB is saying, and nobody at Astra is enjoying the guessing.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for Mihai Ratiu

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief