The CFR Cluj Sentinel
Market24 Jul 2028
Only the photograph left for Aldair Ferreira
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Aldair Ferreira will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around CFR Cluj the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings24 Jul 2028
A brace, and Ştefan Baiaram takes the afternoon — 8.52
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Ştefan Baiaram provided it, and the 8.52 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The dugout24 Jul 2028
Denis Hergheligiu says CFR Cluj went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market24 Jul 2028
Emmanuel Mensah puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at CFR Cluj, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at CFR Cluj
Alexandru Mitriţă and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Boardroom24 Jul 2028
5 academy graduates step up at CFR Cluj
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Match22 Jul 2028
Ştefan Baiaram the difference as CFR Cluj beat Hermannstadt
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Ştefan Baiaram. 2‑1 against Hermannstadt, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Market24 Jul 2028
Eyes on Viktor Kun again
The phone has started ringing about Viktor Kun again, and this time the name on the line is CSC Dumbrăvița. CFR Cluj are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market24 Jul 2028
Marius Burca steps up from the CFR Cluj academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Marius Burca has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad 50 goals in the shirt for Ştefan Baiaram
- Squad CFR Cluj are still strangers to each other
- The dugout A satisfied Nicusor Nedelcearu