The Petrolul Courier
Market24 Aug 2026
Claudiu Mihaila sold, and an era ends
$12.0M from Lokomotiv Moscow for Claudiu Mihaila. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market24 Aug 2026
Petrolul say no — this time
The offer from CFR Cluj for Vlad Tanase 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
Mihai Coman 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 Petrolul can pretend not to have heard.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
Petrolul sell a favourite for $12.0M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Claudiu Mihaila was one of the reasons people came, and $12.0M does not replace that by itself.
Match22 Aug 2026
Petrolul cannot stop winning
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Petrolul
Andrei Hagi was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Andrei Hagi
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match22 Aug 2026
Petrolul find a way past Viitorul
Viitorul made Petrolul work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Daniel Burca at his very best
Marked 8.21. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Petrolul.
In brief
- Squad Betão is the weekend's best young player
- Squad Petrolul pick somebody else ahead of Mihai Coman
- Player ratings The pass was always on for Betão