A new SF transfer to CFR Cluj! Ioan Varga is trying to bring another winner of the Champions League: Negotiations with Hakim Ziyech
Article by Tudor Belivaca – published Tuesday, September 30, 2025, 20:56 / Updated Tuesday, September 30, 2025 218
A new SF transfer to CFR! Hakim Ziyech (32 years old), the former footballer from Ajax and Chelsea, is in discussions with the Gruia group.
Former Champions League winning footballer remained free of contract after the separation of Al Duhail from Qatar, and Ioan Varga and Mikael Silvestre, tries to convince him to sign in Gruia.
Ioan Varga is trying to bring Hakim Ziyech to CFR Cluj
Hakim Ziyech in Chelsea / PHOTO: Imago
According to ProSport, confirmed by GSP sources, the club does not have a concrete response from the player. The Moroccan still analyzes the offer and consults with the family.
Moroccan could reach CFR Cluj on Mikael Silvestre's chain, the new consultant of Ioan Varga in Gruia. Through the French, the transfers of Kurt Zouma, Marcus Coco and Islam Slimani were realized. According to the quoted source, the central French defender provided information to Silvestre and the owner.
Hakim Ziyech is the Champions League winner and was a colleague with Zouma at Chelsea
Hakim Ziyech (32 years old, right wing) is a known name in European football. He started his career in the Netherlands at Heerenveen. He arrived at the big team in 2014. He later transferred to Twente, and then left for Ajax where he played for 4 years and arrived until the semifinals of the Champions League with “Lănciers”.
In 2020 he left on Stamford Bridge where he played quite a bit, and in 2023 he was borrowed at Galatasaray, a club that was subsequently taken by contract in 2024. In winter he signed with Al Duhail, and now he remained free.
Hakim Ziyech won the Champions League with Chelsea in 2021. He also won with the Stamford Bridge group and a world club champion and a Europe Super Cup.
Hakim Ziyech has 64 matches at the selected Morocco and 25 goals. Former player from Ajax and Chelsea was the protagonist of the largest performance of Morocco: the small final at the 2022 World Championship, lost in front of Croatia.
