The CFR Cluj Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rion Zejnullahu
52 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. CFR Cluj lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karlo Muhar signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Karlo Muhar and CFR Cluj agree another 2 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sheriff Sinyan in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at CFR Cluj this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Karlo Muhar falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Alin Fică runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match8 Aug 2026
CFR Cluj get the job done against Astra
A 1‑0 win over Astra, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
The afternoon belonged to Andrei Cordea
A mark of 7.85, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from CFR Cluj on Stefan Mitrita
He is 16, and nobody at CFR Cluj signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
A long bet from CFR Cluj on Cosmin Nita
He is 17, and nobody at CFR Cluj signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market A long bet from CFR Cluj on George Stanciu
- Market CFR Cluj sign Sergiu Stanciu, one for the future