The Petrolul Courier
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Fee done, terms next for Bogdan Burca
Petrolul and Pandurii have settled on $220.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Natanaël Thio runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Petrolul make their move for Zoran Mitrov
$870.0K on the table at Botosani. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Match22 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Petrolul's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Petrolul has to find a result from somewhere.
Market24 Aug 2026
Petrolul get their man
The chase for Dorin Ratiu ended with $360.0K changing hands and Pandurii out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Match22 Aug 2026
Petrolul cannot find the net
4 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Petrolul
Valentin Creţu 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Natanaël Thio 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.
Transfer targets24 Aug 2026
Ujpest tell Petrolul: Vladyslav Ostrovskyi is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Squad Ciprian Mitrita signs a new deal
- Squad The formation has left Dorin Ratiu behind
- The dugout The manager’s verdict