The Petrolul Courier
Market19 Jul 2027
Stefan Hagi is a Petrolul player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Jul 2027
Marius Keseru is a Petrolul player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market19 Jul 2027
Dragos Mitrita comes home
The shirt still fits. Dragos Mitrita is back at Petrolul, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market19 Jul 2027
Bogdan Bancu comes home
The shirt still fits. Bogdan Bancu is back at Petrolul, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Petrolul lose Ismael Torres
71 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Javier Calle knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Petrolul, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Boardroom Petrolul spend where nobody can see it
- Squad The manager comes out for Bogdan Iancu
- Squad Javier Calle is out on the grass again