The Pandurii Chronicle
Squad24 Aug 2026
Bogdan Bancu damages knee ligaments — 23 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 23 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Pandurii out
Out, 1‑1 to Voluntari, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Paul Mihaila decides it from twelve yards
1 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Razvan Iancu could not have asked for more on his first appearance — 7.38
Debuts are survived rather than enjoyed. This one was enjoyed: 7.38, 0 goals, and a manager already being asked whether he starts again next week.
Market24 Aug 2026
Pandurii say no — this time
The offer from Viitorul for Mihai Maxim was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Pandurii baulk at the price for Darius Olaru
FCSB wanted more than $1.9M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
Pandurii go back to the board over Miguel Muñoz
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $450.6K — a club that wants Miguel Muñoz enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
An offer of $410.0K for Miguel Muñoz
Pandurii have gone to Botosani with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Universitatea Craiova tell Pandurii: Darius Fălcuşan is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Squad Words exchanged at Pandurii
- Match Pandurii come up short against Botosani
- Squad Pandurii count the cost of losing Daniel Hagi