The Viitorul Sentinel
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Arsenal Tula tell Viitorul: Edarlyn Reyes 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Adrian Rus 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 Viitorul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Samad Popoola gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Samad Popoola has just signed for Viitorul, and for once the answer mattered.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
Luka Kukić gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match29 Aug 2026
Viitorul come up short against Universitatea Craiova
Universitatea Craiova left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout31 Aug 2026
The manager’s verdict
“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑1 Nicusor Chiriches left the room before anybody could ask which.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Viitorul try to borrow Cauan Barros
Vasco da Gama have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Samad Popoola stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samad Popoola and Viitorul agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Daniel Coman was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 14. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Squad Calvin Onyekuru is a square peg at Viitorul
- The dugout Ştefan Pănoiu has become a man the manager trusts
- Looking ahead Ionuţ Panţîru faces his old club