The Pandurii Chronicle
Market31 Aug 2026
Cosmin Man asks to leave Pandurii
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Aug 2026
Pandurii say no — this time
The offer from Karpaty for Marius Iancu 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Yefim Yefimov 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 Pandurii this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Pandurii training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Cosmin Nita is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Jonathan Segura
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Pandurii pick somebody else ahead of Jonathan Salvador
There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.
In brief
- Match Pandurii draw a blank against Dinamo Bucharest
- Player ratings Vlad Chiriches runs at them all day
- Player ratings The referee tires of Sergiu Ratiu
- Market Stefan Balasa runs his contract down