The Voluntari Sentinel
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Astra tell Voluntari: Cosmin Maxim 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.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Voluntari go back to the board over Zoran Mitrov
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $550.0K — a club that wants Zoran Mitrov enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Voluntari bid $530.0K for Zoran Mitrov
The offer went to Botosani this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Metod Jurhar signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Metod Jurhar commits to Voluntari for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Josip Elez 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Voluntari
Daniel Dumbravanu 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Voluntari promote Stefan Bancu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Stefan Bancu 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bogdan Deac joins the Voluntari first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bogdan Deac is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Voluntari promote Sergiu Coman from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sergiu Coman 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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ovidiu Stanciu joins the Voluntari first team
- Squad David Kiki makes it 200
- Player ratings Lovro Cvek takes the honours