​The FCSB applied to remove the U21 rule from the 2023/24 Super League season, but the General Assembly of the Professional Football League rejected the proposal. After leaving the meeting, Gigi Becali attacked opponents from the first football league of Romania.

Gigi BekaliPhoto: Alex Nicodim / Sipa Press / Profimedia

For the past three seasons, Super League teams have been required to use at least one player under the age of 21 during matches. This will happen in the season, which will debut on July 15.

Gigi Bekali: “Rapid disappointed me the most. Fast is a slave”

Only 7 clubs voted to abolish the U21 rule, and Gigi Bekali did not hold back and criticized opponents who were not on his side.

“I wanted to see who were slaves and who were traitors. I couldn’t achieve what I wanted. Burleanu was defeated by Becali. I submitted to the vote and if I had the majority here, we didn’t register a player under 21 in the first match, and then I went to TAS and won.

There are only 7 clubs, if there were 9 we would have the majority. It was 7-7 and 2 abstained. The point is, I don’t want someone to come and tell me I have to do something. When this rule was introduced, I was in prison.

Those who did not sign are slaves. They like to be forced. Well, then let’s take them to the plantation and give them a hoe. And you dig until I tell you to stop. I was most and most disappointed by Rapid, Rapid slave. Why do you want to be connected? You have a player, you placed him. But why is it necessary?

Now we have nothing to do, we must obey the rule. That’s it… it can only be changed through complaints to the prosecutor’s office on charges of slavery. This is not a coalition against Bekali, they want to be slaves” – Gigi Bekaliquoted by DigiSport.

Know:

  • They voted to abolish the U21 rule: FCSB, U Craiova 1948, CFR Cluj, FC Botoşani, Universitatea Craiova, FC Hermannstadt and Poli Iași:
  • They voted against canceling the U21 rule: FC Voluntari, Ocelul Galați, Dinamo Bucharest, Petrolul Ploești, UTA Arad, Universitatea Cluj, Rapid Bucharest.
  • Abstained: Farul Constantza and Sepsi Sfantu Gheorghe.