The Universitatea Craiova Herald
Squad19 Jul 2027
Daniel Pîrvulescu damages knee ligaments — 104 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 104 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Dragos Bancu signs on for the long haul
Universitatea Craiova moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Dragos Bancu, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Miłosz Piekutowski due for a Universitatea Craiova medical
Everything agreed with AS Saint-Etienne, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Assad Al Hamlawi wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Universitatea Craiova know it.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Universitatea Craiova
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Tempers go at Universitatea Craiova
Adrian Rus 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.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Door shut on Ádám Varga
Universitatea Craiova asked and Ferencvaros said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market19 Jul 2027
Universitatea Craiova promote Alexandru Moldovan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Alexandru Moldovan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Adrian Balasa joins the Universitatea Craiova first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Adrian Balasa is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Dragos Man joins the Universitatea Craiova first team
- Market Marius Marin steps up from the Universitatea Craiova academy
- Squad Robert Ristoiu signs on for more