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Niculae Sure Of Romanian Call Up

After finally finding his scoring touch at the weekend, bagging two goals for Caley against Hibernian in the Scottish Premier League, Marius Niculae is plotting a course for Euro 2008.

The 26 year old Romanian moved to Inverness from FSV Mainz over the summer and but hadn’t managed to score in fourteen league games until now. He’s hoping the change of scoring fortune will put himself in line for a call up for Romania’s Euro 2008 squad. One thing going against him is his failure to play any part in Romania’s qualifying campaign, last lining out against Colombia before the World Cup.

His failure to appear for Romania also limited his chances of a work permit in the summer, Inverness fans signing a petition to aid the striker’s arrival. Yet despite only now scoring for Caley, Niculae has scored almost a goal every second game for Romania.

Quoted in the Inverness Courier, Niculae suggests “I fight to give good performances for Inverness and to score some goals and I’m sure the manager of Romania will call me“.

If he hasn’t featured for Romania since last May, I reckon it will take more than just two goals this weekend to assure him a place in Romania’s squad for their Group C encounters with France, Italy and Netherlands. Lord knows they’ll need their strongest squad possible.

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