During the same interview, Nicolescu complained that Romanian players have become very expensive due to a rule implemented by the Romanian Football Federation (FRF).
The new season of the Superliga introduced a new rule: clubs with academies ranked in the top 20 by the FRF must field at least five Romanian players throughout the entire match in order to receive a bonus at the end of the season.
“We’re in talks for a Romanian player, we’re trying to bring him in, and this is the perverse consequence of the 5+6 rule. This rule makes Romanian players more expensive and highly sought after.
However, during the winter transfer period, we want to take fewer risks regarding the development of Romanian players. In the summer, we have more freedom to integrate Romanian players. Right now, it’s a more complicated period, and we just want to consolidate the squad.
The necessary quality has only been found in foreign players so far. We’re trying to bring in players for all positions, and a central defender and a midfielder will be coming. For now, there are rumors (referring to the possible transfer of Bulgarian central defender Hristov).”
Andrei Nicolescu describes Dinamo’s new striker, Stipe Perica
Dinamo’s chief also discussed the third winter transfer, Stipe Perica (29 years old), a Croatian forward who last played for Rijeka, the leader of the domestic league.
He praised him and has high expectations for him, considering that Perica has played at the highest level throughout his career, with teams like Chelsea, Udinese, and Standard Liege.
“It was clearly Kopic’s decision, he’s known him for a long time and has a lot of confidence in him. He’s a striker with qualities above the average in Liga 1. He will fit well into our style of play, into what we want to do. He’s been having a slightly less favorable period, if he were in good form, a transfer to Dinamo or Romania, no matter the team, wouldn’t have been possible.
We are counting on his desire to get back into the game. He had an injury, like Abdallah, a collarbone fracture when he was at Standard. That’s where his development at Standard more or less ended.
In terms of his medical history, there are no serious injuries, just the collarbone fracture that kept him off the field. No matter how good the player is, these things can happen, it’s bad luck,” Nicolescu added.