Romania coach, Merrill Radoi revealed that his best period at the financial level when he made a career in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, playing in the ranks of Al Hilal, Al Ain and Al Ahly clubs, stressing that during this period he earned nearly 15 million euros.
Radoi told the Romanian newspaper "GSP" that he played in the ranks of Steaua Bucharest, before moving to play in Saudi Arabia and then the Emirates, and earned a lot of money that helped him enjoy the things he loves greatly, such as luxury cars and precious watches.
He explained: «I spent nearly six million euros on buying various expensive cars, in addition to the precious hours, and I don’t know what I can offer from advice to young people, I really have a great passion for cars, but I see that players should buy an apartment or house in case They won such a large amount. ”
On the other hand, President of Steaua Bucharest, Gigi Becali, talked about Merrill Radoi not being able to buy the Romanian club, because he spent his money on many things that do not help him to invest and keep his money and increase it, explaining: “I think that the Romanian coach Olario Cosmin needs to work 20 years in the UAE, and another 20 years in China so that he can buy Steaua Bucharest. As for Radoi, he will not be able to do that at all, because if he gets a lot of big money, he will spend an additional 12 million euros on cars and seven million euros on buying watches ».
It is noteworthy that Merrill Radoi moved from Steaua Bucharest to Al Hilal Saudi in 2009 for six million euros, although his market value was 3.5 million euros, according to the transfer market website specializing in the players ’transfer market, as he played two seasons with him, before moving to Al Ain in 2011 in exchange for 4.2 million euros, at the request of Olario Cosmin, and he played in the ranks of “Violet” for three seasons, before joining the youth of Al-Ahly under the leadership of the Romanian coach also in 2014 for a period of six months. Then, the U-21 national team in 2017, before taking over the Romanian national team since November 2019.
Moved to Al Ain in 2011 for 4.2 million euros