The CFR Cluj Sentinel
Match20 Jul 2030
CFR Cluj run riot against Botosani
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
The dugout22 Jul 2030
Victor Parada 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.
Player ratings22 Jul 2030
A brace, and Daniel Bîrligea takes the afternoon — 8.76
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Daniel Bîrligea provided it, and the 8.76 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market22 Jul 2030
Alexandru Iamandache hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what CFR Cluj can pretend not to have heard.
Market22 Jul 2030
Luke Mbete is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at CFR Cluj is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom22 Jul 2030
Mihai Stanciu signs on for the long haul
CFR Cluj moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Mihai Stanciu, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad22 Jul 2030
A falling-out at CFR Cluj
Ştefan Târnovanu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom22 Jul 2030
Graduation day at CFR Cluj
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad22 Jul 2030
A row about effort at CFR Cluj
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Callum Styles was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
In brief
- Transfer targets Dynamo Kyiv tell CFR Cluj: Artem Bondarenko is not for sale
- Market One of our own: Razvan Burca joins the CFR Cluj first team
- Market Cosmin Deac steps up from the CFR Cluj academy