The CFR Cluj Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
A career in one shirt: Ciprian Deac
18 seasons and 512 appearances, all of them here. Careers like this are not designed; they happen to a certain kind of man at a certain kind of club, and this town has one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Meriton Korenica stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Meriton Korenica and CFR Cluj agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at CFR Cluj
Sheriff Sinyan and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Pogon tell CFR Cluj: Valentin Cojocaru is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Islam Slimani calls time on his country
“105 caps was 105 more than the boy who started ever expected.” At 38 he has stepped away from the national side and has not stepped away from CFR Cluj.
Market3 Aug 2026
Viitorul watching Lorenzo Biliboc
The interest is real enough to have reached print. CFR Cluj have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between CFR Cluj and Andrei Cordea
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
CFR Cluj try to borrow Santiago Hezze
Olympiacos have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Andrei Cordea asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- The dugout Stefan Coman on the point
- Market Nicolae Sula told to find a new club
- Match CFR Cluj draw a blank against FCSB