Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Tuesday, 03 March 2026, 23:31 / Updated on Tuesday, 03 March 2026 23:35
He scored spectacularly from the “scissors”, and during the interview he also prefaced the game with FCSB. The two teams meet in the last round of the regular season. FCSB – U Cluj will be played on Saturday, March 7, from 20:00.
At the beginning of February, Gigi Becali revealed that he wanted to transfer Macalou, but MM Stoica did not give his consent, and the two parties stopped talking.
Issouf Macalou, statements after U Cluj – Hermannstadt 2-1: “We let the world talk since the beginning of the season”
“I was very, very happy because it was very important to win this match. I think we started badly, but step by step we started to play better, and that's the most important thing.
It's my quality when I'm one against one, I know I can pass the opponent and score this kind of goal, I have the quality to do this kind of action and I'm very happy.
It is a very good performance for the club, it is very important for us that we reached the semi-final. We go to the play-offs and play for both trophies, the Cup and the SuperLiga.
We've been letting people talk since the beginning of the season, everyone's been talking like that. They think we are the weaker team (no against FCSB)but now we're in the play-offs and we're letting the world do the talking.
I want us to win any competition we play in, that's the right mentality if we want to do something at the end of the season,” Macalou said, according to digisport.ro.
Issouf Macalou played 33 matches this season for U Cluj, during which he scored 6 times and provided 8 decisive assists. It is quoted by the specialized website Transfermarkt at 650,000 euros.
(no – Was there any discussion for Macalou?) There was no discussion! I always say to Meme: «Look at this one dribbling». And MM said to me: “Hey, Gigi, you like him because he dribbles, but he's not our player”.
I trust what MM Stoica says. Aaa, if I like it and I really want to take it, I take it full stop, like I did with Thiam and Joao Paulo.
– Gigi Becaliin February 2026, at Prima Sport
