The CFR Cluj Sentinel
Market31 Jul 2028
Not going: Viktor Kun stays at CFR Cluj
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” CSC Dumbrăvița had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Squad31 Jul 2028
6 saves: Laurenţiu Popescu was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Squad31 Jul 2028
Tempers go at CFR Cluj
Alexandru Mitriţă was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets31 Jul 2028
Door shut on Nikita Stoinov
CFR Cluj asked and Dinamo Bucharest said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad31 Jul 2028
A row about effort at CFR Cluj
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Léo Bolgado was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match29 Jul 2028
A bad afternoon for CFR Cluj against Universitatea Craiova
0‑1 to Universitatea Craiova, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout31 Jul 2028
A promise honoured for Meriton Korenica
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. CFR Cluj told Meriton Korenica something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout31 Jul 2028
The manager has not finished forgetting Sheriff Sinyan'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.
The dugout31 Jul 2028
Nicusor Nedelcearu: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Squad Andrei Moldovan stays put
- The dugout Alibek Aliev gets it from the manager
- Player ratings A day to forget for Sheriff Sinyan