Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Thursday, May 14, 2026 7:01 p.m. / Updated Thursday, May 14, 2026 7:33 p.m.
Iuliu Mureșan, the president of the CFR Clujintervened and defended him Daniel Pancu, after the boss Ioan Varga attacked the coach of the CFR Cluj in a public statement.
Iuliu Mureșan intervened in the Varga – Pancu scandal: “Words fly, but facts remain”
“I wasn't upset at all by what Pancu said. He's a very good coach, we need him. We have to be understanding. You can also declare, and I happened to say something that shouldn't have been said like that, but you shouldn't take the man by his words but by his deeds. Words fly, as they say, but facts remain“, said Iuliu Muresan, according to primasport.ro.
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Daniel Pancu was brought to CFR Cluj in November to replace Andrea Mandorlini. When Pancu came to CFR Cluj, the team from Gruia had only 13 points and was in the relegation zone.
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Pancu was on the bench for CFR Cluj in 26 games, he managed to qualify the team for the play-offs, and even more, to briefly bring it into the title discussion. The record is positive: 26 matches, 17 wins, 5 draws, 4 defeats.
Iuliu Mureșan also commented on the possibility of the return of Dan Petrescu, legendary coach at CFR Cluj, but with health problems recently.
We would all like Dan Petrescu to return to coaching. He is now solving his health problems, it's very good, let's see what happens in the summer, if Pancu stays. But Dan Petrescu is always an option for CFR, he gets confused with the trophies won.
He feels good, he really wants to return to football, he can't stay away. If Pancu's place is freed, the first option is Dan Petrescu if the doctors who wake him up agree to start their work at this moment. He is the coach who marked recent history
–Iuliu Muresan, according to the cited source
Ioan Varga's last statement in the conflict with Pancu: “He's an idiot”
“At the moment it's Pancu, so it's only suppositions. Face to face with me he guaranteed me 200 times that he's not leaving, that he wants to stay and I got angry after his last statement. If that's the case, don't worry, we have 7 coaches lined up, we're not after you.
He's a jerk! After I gave you power and conditions and you say you want I don't know what… With these conditions championships were won, not with others!”transmitted Ioan Varga.
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At the moment, CFR Cluj occupies the 3rd place in the play-off, with 41 points, and is close to ensuring its presence in the European cups.
Ranking in the Superliga play-off
