At a press conference in connection with the appointment of Lucescu as head coach of the Turkish national team, one of the journalists asked Mircea whether or not Alzheimer's. The president of the Turkish Football Federation interrupted the reporter, but Lucescu asked the translator what the question was about.

After receiving the response, Mircea laughed and asked the journalist how many years ago, and also offered to take a picture after the press conference, reports evz. Ro.

As for the disease, Lucescu did not confirm, but did not refute this information.

The first match Lucescu at the head of the national team of Turkey should be the Kharkov meeting against the Ukrainian team in Kharkov as part of the selection at the 2018 World Cup. At the moment, teams divide 3-4 lines of the group, yielding 2 points to Iceland and Croatia.