Ilie Dumitrescu is the new coach of Steaua!

Ilie Dumitrescu is the new coach of Steaua and he will be presented tomorrow at the Ghencea Stadium! Gazeta found out that the former striker of the "red-blue" team will take over as head coach  after Victor Piţurcă resigned.



"Now, I am coming to Bucharest from Constanţa. Tomorrow, we will talk more and we will see whether or not i am the new coach. Be patient until tomorrow," said Ilie Dumitrescu for gsp.ro.



Gigi Becali, owner of the team, only said that the new coach: "is a man that I called  when Victor Piţurcă left and he told me that he will come. It's a big name from the former glories of Steaua. He has "red-blue" blood. He will work for free", said Gigi Becali at GSP TV.



Ilie Dumitrescu is a product of Steaua's junior teams. He made his debute at Steaua, and played over eight years in the red-blue shirt. He played at Sevilla, West Ham, Club America and Atlante. As a coach, he led teams like Otelul, FC Braşov, Apollon Limassol, AEK Athens and PAOK. His last job as a coach was at Panthrakikos and he is currently a sport analyst at DigiSport.