Article by Ovidiu Ioanițoaia – Published Saturday, December 27, 2025, 2:12 p.m. / Updated Saturday, December 27, 2025, 2:24 p.m.
The fact that Louis Munteanu suddenly wore an FCSB shirt at a charity gym tournament held in Vaslui, his hometown, caused a huge scandal.
It was expected that the gesture of the goalscorer from Gruia would be hotly commented on because recently there was intense discussion about his transfer from CFR to FCSB.
Just when the clubs seemed to have struck a chord, the operation failed: the player asked the champion for a pharaonic salary of 60,000 euros per month! Sdismissed as exaggerated, that claim infuriated Gigi Becali, who immediately stopped any dialogue.
This time, learning that Louis had put on a red-blue T-shirt on his own initiative, Becali felt flattered and declared himself again interested in the services of the most productive striker from the previous season. “The situation is changing. Now yes, I'm really thinking more about taking it,” the landowner returned to better feelings.
Instead, hearing that Louis showed up in the rival's shirt, the Cluj patron Nelu Varga did not hide his anger. On the contrary, he lashed out at the footballer as “It's a misplaced, brainless gesture”.
Louis Munteanu dressed in red-blue
Even more. Word started from Gruia, for now at the rumor level, that Munteanu will be fined 10% of the earnings for a month.
Although on the starting leg, from now on at a price reduced from 18 million euros to 5, he is under contract with the CFR and will bear the consequences of an action that some interpreted as daring, and others, led by Varga, elevated it to the level of defiance. Of arrogance.
The president of the CFR club turned out to be more weighted, the result of experience. Iuliu Mureșan did not rush and analyzed, from my most realistic point of view, an artificial incident turned into a case and, further, into a scandal. Stating that “his gesture has no meaning for me”, an attitude with which I agree, Dr. Muresan referred to “some outside offers” for Louis, but insisted that “the story with FCSB is over”.
In the sense that, even for less money than was announced when Munteanu was scoring goals with automatic fire, it will not be transferred to the country, but exclusively abroad.
Although CFR has big debts, not only to the players, Varga et Co do not plan to sell Louis, the jewel in the crown, to an opponent from the Superliga. If CFR loses, at least a direct opponent should not be strengthened. An understandable strategy, right?
For the rest, without being Munteanu's lawyer, let's not forget that the former goalscorer wore an FCSB t-shirt at the incriminated tournament in Vaslui, but also, this was overlooked!, a Rapidu keeper's shirt.
Which puts everything in a different light and prompts me to write that, before mocking or bullying someone, Louis had a childish outing, designed to highlight him, to draw attention to him. He made a reckless, unprofessional gesture, but not a challenge. And we, much ado about nothing. Too much.
