Wanted by Rapid, Rareș Ilie was convinced: “He gave his consent”

Article by Alexandru Tomuțiu – published on Friday, June 27, 2025, 18:17 / Updated on Friday, June 27, 20:19
The Italians wrote that Rareș Ilie (22 years old) would have agreed to play in the new season in Catanzaro. And Rapid is interested in bringing the offensive midfielder.
Rareș Ilie has a contract with Nice until 2027, and in the last season he played in the form of a loan for Catanzaro, the second division in Italy. According to an Italian home publisation, Rareș Ilie would have agreed to play for a year in Catanzaro. However, they say that the discussions between Italians and Nice are far from being concluded.

The Italians have announced that Rareș Ilie wants to play for another year in Catanzaro: “Roads remain open”
“The roads remain open to Rareș Ilie and Giacomo quaglianta. Both have given their consent for a return in the yellow-red shirt, but at this moment the exaggerated requests of the clubs they belong to slow down the operations.
For the Romanian owned by Nice there are discussions again with the French club for a loan renewal, while for the extreme quaglied, held by Cremonese, the discussions will move to the opening of the summer transfer period, scheduled for July 1, when it will be evaluated if there are the necessary conditions to take it permanently, “the ones.

Rareş Ilie. Images from the Romanian U21 match – Italy U21 0-1 Photo: Ionuţ Iordache (GSP)
Elijah declared 10 days ago for GSP.ro that Rapid wants to transfer him: “I know the Rapid initiated a discussion for me in the sense of returning to Giulești. I would agree, of course. But I do not know exactly what the stage of things is.
The footballer quoted at 1.8 million euros on the specialized site Transfermarkt failed to score in the 15 matches played for Catanzaro. Instead, it has 3 decisive passes.




