Article by Sergiu Alexandru, Maria Olteanu – Published Friday, December 26, 2025, 2:27 p.m. / Updated Friday, December 26, 2025, 2:42 p.m.
Ioan Varga (66 years old), the owner of CFR Cluj, reacted violently after seeing Louis Munteanu (23 years old), the star of the group from Gruia, pictured during the Christmas break in FCSB's rival jerseya team that wanted him insistently in the last months.
Louis Munteanu continues to be the subject of a transfer during this period, but the FCSB “track” seems currently closed. Gigi Becali wanted him insistently, but the move did not materialize. The player surprised everyone when he appeared dressed in the red-blue shirt of the champion in an event that took place the other day in Vaslui.
The image also reached the attention of the Cluj officials, who categorized the gesture of the top scorer of the previous edition as “displaced”.
Ioan Varga's first reaction when he saw Louis Munteanu dressed in red-blue: “It didn't go well for me at all, I'm angry”
Contacted by GSP.ro to comment on the image with Louis Munteanu in the shirt of the rival from the Capital, Ioan Varga, the owner of CFR Cluj, had an extremely harsh message.
“It's a misplaced, brainless gesture. I don't know what he was thinking and who told him it was a good idea. It didn't go down well with me, I'm angry. I don't want to say more, it's Christmas.
I will talk to him. Going to FCSB is not a problem. It is only transferred abroad and only if the amount is one that I consider satisfactory”, said Ioan Varga, for GSP.ro, after seeing the picture of Louis Munteanu.
In what context did the player dressed in the rival's shirt appear? Louis Munteanu is originally from Vaslui and chose to spend the holidays there. He was present at a football event where ASC Ivacec Vaslui, the local team, faced a team made up of several players originally from Vaslui. The event takes place every year.
During the last negotiations, Becali had agreed in principle with Varga for the sum of 4.5 million euros, but Munteanu demanded a monthly salary of 60,000 euros, and the move came to an impasse. And the midfielder Lindon Emerllahu would have arrived in Bucharest as a result of the business.
