Article by Maria Olteanu – published Tuesday, September 2, 2025 23:06 / Updated Tuesday, September 2, 2025 23:06
Kurt Zouma, the 30 -year -old central defenderwinner of the Champions League with Chelsea, is getting closer to signing with CFR Cluj. In the last hours the two parties have worn negotiations and it is only a matter of time until the documents are paraphrased.
Cristi Balaj (54 years old), the president of CFR Cluj, was asked on Tuesday evening about this extremely important move to the Gruia band, announcing that the documents have not yet been signed. He did not want to give more details, saying that it is a matter of which the owner Neluțu Varga is particularly dealing with.
He could not hide the fact that he is in Cluj-Napoca, for the latest details, and there are high chances that the business will be completed on Wednesday. Kurt Zouma will come from the position of free contract player.
Cristi Balaj, about the transfer of Kurt Zouma
“No, no, no, it did not sign the zouma, it did not sign, to sign, there must be many, there are discussions, when it appears on the club site you receive information, as long as it has not appeared on the site I cannot develop this topic.
There are chances, yes, there are chances, probably tomorrow, I cannot hide that it is in Cluj, he saw the press, otherwise I would have hidden you, I admit.
There are details, I cannot develop the subject, we have the financier who is particularly dealing, he does some business through Africa.
At the last match it was not, now it came, he is in Cluj. He is a player who comes from the free position, but he did not sign, you have obtained information from me, “said Cristi Balaj, on Tuesday evening, at the show” Football Club “, from Digi Sport.
Zouma has an impressive CV, with the Champions League and two titles in the Premier League, with Chelsea, plus a league league with West Ham.
The footballer is listed at 10 million euros in transfermarkt, and Nelu Varga and Mikael Silvestre have led him to come to CFR Cluj, the sources of the Sports Gazette say.
The footballer with 11 selections in the France's national team has terminated his contract with West Ham, after playing at Al-Orobah, Saudi Arabia.
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