The CFR Cluj Sentinel
Market19 Jul 2027
CS Dinamo Bucharest come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and CFR Cluj did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market19 Jul 2027
Anton Krešić attracts admirers
The name of Anton Krešić has come up in conversations CFR Cluj were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
FCSB tell CFR Cluj: Ştefan Bodişteanu 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.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
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.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Léo Bolgado 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
CFR Cluj promote Adrian Bancu from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Adrian Bancu has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market19 Jul 2027
CFR Cluj promote Dragos Burca from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Dragos Burca has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Loan watch19 Jul 2027
Răzvan Gligor has seen enough of Corvinul Hunedoara
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at CFR Cluj, and 0 appearances in 6 say he has earned the hearing.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
The manager has not finished forgetting Ionuţ Dinu's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- The dugout Ionuţ Dinu asks for a word with the manager
- Squad A season on the outside for Emmanuel Mensah
- Looking ahead Home comforts ahead for CFR Cluj