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Florin Orban, 12.01.2017, 12:15
The domestic football season has its competition break these days. Quite a few of the teams have already started their training sessions, while the transfer season is in full swing. For instance, Dinamo Bucharest are looking for a center-back and a number 10 footballer, Dinamo manager Ioan Andone has announced. Andone was optimistic that the two hopefuls could be transferred to the team before January 15, when Dinamo are scheduled to travel to Spain, for their training session in that country. Gabriel Torje, Lucian Sânmărtean or the French Claude Dielna are likely to be signed up by Dinamo during the ongoing competition break, Andone went on to say.
On schedule during Dinamos training period in Spain are four friendly matches. For that, Dinamo will take on Chinas Tianjin Teda, German second-league team Eintracht Braunschweig, FC Zürich of the Swiss second league and Hungarys Videoton of Székesfehérvár. Dinamo footballers will travel back to Romania at the end of their training session in Spain, on January 29th.
Also included on the list of footballers Dinamo has eyed for their pool of regulars was
Florin Cernat. FC Voluntari, the club Cernat is currently playing for, has announced their footballer, whose contract expires at the end of the season, extended his contract with the club until the summer of 2018. 36-year old Florin Cernat was also signed up by Oţelul Galaţi, Dinamo Bucureşti, Hajduk Split, Dinamo Kiev, Turkeys Karabukspor and Rizespor, as well as by FC Viitorul Constanţa.
The captain of Romanias national football team Dragoş Grigore, has cast his vote for Leo Messi to be designated Best footballer in 2016, in a survey carried by FIFA. In descending order, also included on Grigores list were Portugals Cristiano Ronaldo and Spains Sergio Ramos. In the same survey, Romanias national team manager, the German Christoph Daum cast his vote in favor of his fellow Germans, Toni Kroos, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and Mesut Özil. In the long run, most votes went in support of Cristiano Ronaldo.