“There are also Romanians and foreigners on the list”

Albion Rrahmani has left Rapid City from Giulesti, with the club announcing today that the Kosovar striker will “leave the country today” for a medical visit to Sparta Prague.

Rapid’s minority shareholder Victor Angelescu called the offer “irrefusal”. Giulesti will receive a fee of up to €5 million and retain 15% of the player’s rights for a future transfer.

Rahmani was also wanted by Slavia, another big team in Prague, but Sparta offered more money and won the case. Victor Angelescu provides the details.

Victor Angelescu, on Albion Rrahmani’s transfer to Sparta Prague: “Slavia Prague wanted him too, but we accepted the right amount”

“It was an important transfer. We didn’t want to leave him for a small sum of money. We knew what his value was and we had an agreement with the people at Sparta Prague. There were quite extensive negotiations. Another team in Prague also wanted him and we negotiated with both teams. I accepted the offer from whoever gave the right amount..

We still have a deficit, but it’s much smaller at the moment. We are still losing money in terms of what we have invested in players in recent years.

Such an offer is impossible to refuse. Not only for the club, but also for the player. Romania cannot keep a player worth €5 million.

We were very focused on the price because we wanted to get a fair high price, otherwise he would stay at the club. When the offer came, there was nothing anyone at the club could say because it was impossible to refuse,” Angelescu said on the “DigiSport Matinal” show.

Victor Angelescu announces Rapid team will bring in another forward

Andjehcu understands that Sparta do not want Rahmani to play in tonight’s derby against Dinamo: “They can’t let him play when we have already agreed and signed the documents. We will not let him play either.”

At the same time, he announced that the Rapids will bring in another striker before the end of the campaign, who will compete with Borisav Burmaz and Timotai Dzembol:

“We will look to bring in another striker. But we believe in Burmaz, we know him from last year. I hope Jambor can prove that too.

We have a list of players that we are almost always looking at. We are looking at players, but at the moment we have not reached an agreement with another striker. I am sure that when the transfer window ends we will bring in another striker.. There are also Romanians and foreigners on the list, but more from abroad”.