Şumudica said how many footballers Rapid will transfer in the winter + Two absent for the derby with Petrolul

The coach says that the goal still remains to qualify for the play-offs and promises that next year Rapid will fight for the title.

Marius Șumudică, before Rapid – Petrolul: “Next year, Rapid will fight for the title”

“I think I’ll get to the play-offs, that’s my goal. I’m trying my best to mobilize them, it’s not easy. We start from 0-0, we play at home, we have to be stronger, and at the end we have the strength to look each other in the eyes and know that we gave everything for the victory. We need our supporters, who are unique. You don’t find the atmosphere on Giulești anywhere else in the country.

No other motivation is needed. The motivation must be to do more than in previous years. They finished 5-6 last year. We must also go as far as possible in the Cup. Maybe we will also go to a European cup, but I don’t want to make empty promises. I said that I will qualify the team for the play-offs, then a new championship will begin.

The other promise is that next year Rapid will fight for the title. When you take over the team from 14, it’s hard. I was actually looking at the form at the moment. We are in first place in the last 5 matches, with 11 points, us and Sepsi, in the conditions where we had two difficult trips, to FCSB and to CFR.

We have a strong team, which is not allowed not to be in the play-offs. I think we will succeed and enjoy it. I’m very happy with all the players, if we’re going to let players go we’ll want to help them go and play elsewhere, we don’t send players out. There are players in whom money has been invested and we cannot throw the money out the window. I didn’t come here to spend money, I came here to produce money. If I can, to produce results. In the winter we will make one, maximum two transfers “, said Marius Șumudica, at the press conference.