The Viitorul Sentinel
Squad19 Jul 2027
Ovidiu Hagi damages knee ligaments — 28 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 28 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Daniel Chiriches puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Viitorul, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Paul Burca 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 Viitorul this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Viitorul
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A late step up for Dragos Tanase
At 31 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Market19 Jul 2027
Paul Man steps up from the Viitorul academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Paul Man has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Sergiu Mitrita steps up from the Viitorul academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Sergiu Mitrita has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Viitorul promote Bogdan Burca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bogdan Burca 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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Viitorul training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ianis Bancu 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.
In brief
- Loan watch Vlad Keseru has seen enough of FCSB
- Boardroom Viitorul spend it where nobody looks