Fans can hope to diminish their distant memories of their European success in the mid 80s as former Sunday league player Thomas Gilroy has took over at the helms of Steaua Bucharest. This has come as a great shock to the supporters as they have so long pleaded for a big manager to come in. Gilroy is in for a tough task straight away, however he is unfazed by this pressure stating, ‘my dream is to make this club as big as it used to be, it may take time and a great deal of hard work but I intend to get this club back into the dizzy heights of the Champions League.’ Thomas also went on to say he will be looking to bring in the best possible players available to the club. The new era has come, and it’s time to move on.
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Gilroy has only made on signing into bucharest and that is the one of Ali Karimi from Persepolis for a fee of 2.2 million. Karimi, the former Bayern player is thought to be very exciting at the prospect of many years at the club. He will wear the number 7 shirt.
Pre- Season Results
Cannes 0-3 Steaua (Karimi 3)
Angers 0-0 Steaua
St Ettiene 4-1 Steaua (Nicolita)
Stade De Rems 1-0 Steaua
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-0 Steaua
Sportul 1-2 Steaua (Baciu, Stancu)
Managers Thoughts- Overall quite a poor pre season, we got off to a magnificent start. However we failed to win our next 4 which I believed were games we would certainly be hoping to win. However after a good end we hope to continue that into the season and be gratefull that these matches dont matter!
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Gilroy has only made on signing into bucharest and that is the one of Ali Karimi from Persepolis for a fee of 2.2 million. Karimi, the former Bayern player is thought to be very exciting at the prospect of many years at the club. He will wear the number 7 shirt.
Pre- Season Results
Cannes 0-3 Steaua (Karimi 3)
Angers 0-0 Steaua
St Ettiene 4-1 Steaua (Nicolita)
Stade De Rems 1-0 Steaua
Maccabi Tel Aviv 0-0 Steaua
Sportul 1-2 Steaua (Baciu, Stancu)
Managers Thoughts- Overall quite a poor pre season, we got off to a magnificent start. However we failed to win our next 4 which I believed were games we would certainly be hoping to win. However after a good end we hope to continue that into the season and be gratefull that these matches dont matter!