The Gloria Bistrița Chronicle
The dugout15 Jan 2029
Vlad Oargă keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Gloria Bistrița may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
The dugout15 Jan 2029
Mehdi Lehaire frozen out at Gloria Bistrița
This is not rotation. Mehdi Lehaire has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Gloria Bistrița is pretending otherwise.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Ahmed Said will not be coming to Gloria Bistrița
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Unirea Slobozia is saying, and nobody at Gloria Bistrița is enjoying the guessing.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Words exchanged at Gloria Bistrița
Levan Osikmashvili and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Gloria Bistrița bid $44.0K for Raul Băilă
The offer went to Concordia Chiajna 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.
Squad15 Jan 2029
Thierry Moura arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Thierry Moura has, at Gloria Bistrița, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Transfer targets15 Jan 2029
Gloria Bistrița rebuffed over Ionuţ Cojocaru
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. FCSB have kept their man, and Gloria Bistrița go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad15 Jan 2029
A row about effort at Gloria Bistrița
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mehdi Lehaire was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Loan watch15 Jan 2029
David Andraş counts the days
“I watch every Gloria Bistrița game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at CS Tunari runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
In brief
- Player ratings Stejărel Vişinar stands above it all
- Market Gloria Bistrița buy the years ahead of Raphael Lindner
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Branimir Ćavar