Article by Tudor Belivaca – published on Friday, August 1, 2025 23:07 / Updated on Friday, August 1, 2025 23:07
Radu Constantea, the president of the U Cluj, answered Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, the coach of the “Red Straits”, who was very upset in the press conference after eliminating from the Conference League.
The team technician reproached the management that the first options were not brought to the transfer campaign. “When it comes to transfers, the first variant fell, the second, the same, the same, and I reached the fourth or fifth variant,” said Ioan Ovidiu Sabău, who was contracted by Radu Constantea. Also, the team president said he would consider leaving the team following the counter -performance in the European Cups.
Radu Constantea responds to Ioan Ovidiu Sabău: “I was a follower of sustainability”
“The option was brought to be brought. Of course, players were also wanted and we could not bring them, because of the salary level. It was not just the fourth and fifth version. There were players who were the first or the second option that we managed to bring. But I did not agree that this club was in a spiral. Salaries up to date, we have no debts to the state budget …
The main objective was to make the club attractive for a potential private investor, in the sense of not having to pay back debts. I think that from this perspective we are good at the financial level and at the sports level, related to the history of the club. That we want more I agree. But, in the present form, we reached the maximum level. This does not mean that we cannot and do not want to increase sports performance ”, said Radu Constantea, according to prosport.ro.
I'm disappointed, sure. I would have liked to go further. But, being at the first participation after 53 years, we showed our limits. I probably have limits. I started from the 4th League and I think there is also a need for superior expertise, from the perspective of management. A person may come to take the club to another level. We had the goal of stabilizing this club. Maybe to be up there it takes something else.
This can be a solution, to leave, but the club is quite solid and does not depend on my presence in its entirety. It has a guaranteed budget, a solid structure. We also analyze the option to come to someone who has the ability to bring investors, for the club to switch to another level.
-Radu Constanteaaccording to the source quoted
What Ioan Ovidiu Sabău said after the elimination of the lecture league in front of Ararat-Armenia
“When it comes to transfers, the first variant fell, the second, the same, the same, and we reached the fourth or fifth variant. The first variants had quality, but the costs were too high for our club. It seems. As the president said, we cannot afford great investments.
But the expectations are high, you saw in the stands, the supporters left disappointed. They do not know all the details, they just want to see that we play football. They have no place to know what's in the back. We try to explain, but only among the lines, for who knows how to read … but it is quite difficult, ”said Ioan Ovidiu Sabău.
