Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Friday, 02 January 2026 21:06 / Updated Friday, 02 January 2026 22:06
Iuliu Mureșan, the president of CFR Cluj, said that the Transylvanian team risks not getting the UEFA license. The club has until January 15 to pay off part of its debts.
Mureșan announced that CFR Cluj will collect 7 million euros for the transfer of Louis Munteanu, but the money will enter the club's accounts in stages. Despite the amount transferred by DC United now, CFR Cluj has not solved its financial problems and still needs to sell.
Transylvania have already lost two starters this winter, Lindon Emerllahu and Louis Munteanu. Iuliu Mureșan reported that the CFR players still have salary arrears, and the club's debts may lead to exclusion from European cups. The president of Transylvania said that the license for League 1 is not in danger.
Iuliu Mureșan: “If we don't make certain payments by January 15, we risk not getting the UEFA license”
“There are salary arrears. With the money coming in in January, we will close many chapters, but not all. It's staggered payment for Louis. But there are possibilities to take the money before the limit, but we have to give a percentage of 5%.
We can enable this option. If we don't make certain payments by January 15, we risk not getting the UEFA license, because we are being monitored.
The license for League 1 is not in danger, if we manage to pay the debts by January 15th, we can also get the UEFA license. We are in discussions on several fronts, let's see what money we can attract, both from Louis and from certain sponsors”, said Iuliu Mureșan, on the Digi Sport Special show.
It's 7 million euros for Louis Munteanu. The contract is made in euros, not in dollars. We have some bonuses that will be added based on performance. We still need to sell, there are problems that we inherited and I trust that we will solve them in a month or two
– Iuliu Mureșan, president of CFR Cluj
CFR Cluj has already been monitored by UEFA for several years, so the club's debts may result in temporary exclusion from European competitions. In the past, the team patronized by Ioan Varga avoided this situation to the limit.
