The Rapid Bucharest Post
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Sergio Camello at that price
Rapid Bucharest offered $12.8M; Rayo Vallecano said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms done: Cristian Ignat is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and FC Argeș waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Rapid Bucharest is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rapid Bucharest turn down CSM Reșița for Cristian Manea
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Rapid Bucharest go back to the board over Sergio Camello
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $17.0M — a club that wants Sergio Camello enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Nikolas Muci is a medical away from Rapid Bucharest
The deal with Grasshopper is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Olimpiu Moruţan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Olimpiu Moruţan and Rapid Bucharest agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Rapid Bucharest
Olimpiu Moruţan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Rapid Bucharest come up short against UTA Arad
UTA Arad left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market10 Aug 2026
FC Bacău join the queue for Robert Bădescu
Add another name to the list: FC Bacău have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Robert Bădescu. The answer from Rapid Bucharest has not changed — yet.
In brief
- Market Ianis Coman steps up from the Rapid Bucharest academy
- The dugout Antoine Baroan gets it from the manager
- Squad A row about effort at Rapid Bucharest