The Viitorul Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
Viitorul say no — this time
The offer from Dinamo Makhachkala for Vlad Moldovan 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.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Bogdan Ratiu, 21, plays like he has been here for years — 8.18
A mark of 8.18 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 21-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.
Market3 Aug 2026
Eyes on Ionut Cicaldau again
The phone has started ringing about Ionut Cicaldau again, and this time the name on the line is PSV. Viitorul are listening politely and promising nothing.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A chastening introduction for Cosmin Marin — 5.62
It is a hard way to meet a crowd. Marked 5.62 on the day he was handed the shirt, and the important thing now is what the next one looks like.
Market3 Aug 2026
Ionut Cicaldau 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
Florin Ştefan 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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ionut Cicaldau falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match1 Aug 2026
Astra take the points off Viitorul
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Viitorul supporters have found a favourite in Bogdan Ratiu
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Bogdan Ratiu has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
In brief
- Squad Sergiu Nedelcearu gets it from the manager
- Squad Adrian Iancu signs on for more
- Market Claudiu Deac is free to find somewhere else