44 departures and coming in a crazy summer!

An atypical mercato for a team that, until recently, was based on stability and the same nucleus of footballers after the season. In Petrescu's time, people like Deac, Camora or Djokovic were landmarks. Now, everything has changed radically.

Revolution at CFR Cluj: 27 players left, 17!

CFR Cluj went to the “stars”. Kurt Zouma (30 years old), a French defender, a winner of the Champion League and Conference League with Chelsea and West Ham, arrived in Gruia. And he is not the only one: Marcus Coco (29 years old), the last time in Nantes, was presented by the Vișinie band. Ishmael Slimani (37 years old), ex-premier League, is also to be officially announced.

Summer figures – non -compliant CFR in recent years

If in season 2021/22-the last one in which CFR took the title were made up to 10 moves in a year, now the Cluj replaced a whole team in one summer. Moreover, they also broke up with important names:

• Kader Keita (24 years old) – sold for 200,000 euros at Rapid

• Matija Boben (31 years) – sold for 100,000 euros at Celje

• Virgiliu Postolachi (25 years old) – sold for 75,000 euros at U Cluj

• Daniel Graovac (31) – Liber – signed with FCSB

• Panagiotis tachtsidis (34 years old) – Liber – signed in Brazil

• Peter Michael (27) – Liber – signed in Israel

• Robert Filip (23 years old) – Liber – signed with Ceahlaul

• Luka Juricic (28) – Liber – signed in Bosnia

• Luca Mihai (21 years old) – free – signed with UTA

• Ioan Barstan (21 years old) – Liber – signed with U Cluj

• Denis Rusu (24 year) – Free

• Mohamed Diomande (21 years old) – Liber – signed with Satu Mare

• Béni Nkololo (28 years old) – signed in Greece

• Marko Gjorgjievski (25 years old) – came this summer, has already signed with Hermannstadt

• Valentin Serebe (22) – signed in Kosovo

• Léo Bolgado (27) – borrowed at Rapid

  But also 11 other perspective players were borrowed in Liga 2 and Liga 3

Mandorlini's team was very close to break up with Alin Fică (24 years old), courted by Rapid, and Matei Ilie (22 years old), desired by Dinamo.

In terms of coming, the people of Cluj stand as follows:

• Kurt Zouma (30 years old) – Free

• Marcus Coco (29 years old) – Free

• Tidiane Keita (28 years old) – income for 400,000 euros from Petroleum

• Mohamed Badamosi (26 years old) – income for 200,000 euros from Croatia, from Cukaricki

• Karlo Muhar (29 years old) – Free

• Andrei Cordea (26 years old) – Free

• Antonio Bosec (27) – Free

• Ovidiu Perianu (23 years old) – Free

• Drilon Islami (24 years old) – Free

• Marko Gjorgjievski (25 years old) – Free

• Alessandro Micai (31) – Free

• Daniel Dumbrăvanu (23 years old) – Free

• Tudor Cociș (21 years old) – Free

• Lorenzo Biliboc (18 years old) – Free

• Ştefan Senciuc (18 years old) – Free

• Kenneth Omeruo (31 years old) – Free

• Ismael Slimani (37) – Free

And the acquisitions will probably continue, considering that teams can also legitimize free contract players.

New lot: experiment or blow?

Between the coming we find both players with impressive CV, as well as experienced players, such as Tidiane Keita, Ovidiu Perianu, Andrei Cordea, or the return of Karlo Muhar. In total, almost 30 footballers changed their destination on the Gruia route in just two months! It remains to be seen what will be the approach of the white-river club, considering that it will not evolve in any of the European competitions

What CFR Cluj's type team now looks like, after an unprecedented summer in Mercato:

Hindrich – Sinyan (Coco), M. Ilie (Omeruo), Zouma, Camora – Muhar, Djokovic (Fică), Emerllahu – Șfaiț, L. Munteanu, Korenica

Kurt Zouma can debut on Saturday

For CFR follows the match from Clinceni, with Metaloglobus, on Saturday, September 13, from 9:30 pm. Then he could debut Kurt Zouma, the French defender who won the UEFA Nations League in 2021.

According to the specialized site Transfermarkt, it became the most valuable player in Romania, being valued at 10 million euros.