CFR Cluj is in danger of losing its place in the European Cup just as owner Nelu Varga has made a huge effort to obtain a UEFA license, he has also borrowed from friends to pay off debts.

After 0-3 against Sepsi in the semi-finals of the Romanian Betano Cup, Dan Petrescu took the disastrous scenario seriously: “This is a difficult period. We risk not being in Europe, this is a risk, this is a reality. If you finish in fourth place, it’s goodbye! And the way my team looks now, I don’t think we can finish in the top four.”

Ever since Nelu Varga took over the shares of the company from Arpad Paškani, the Cherries have won the league title year after year. There were other situations when they trembled in the competition with FCSB or the University of Craiova, but the qualification in the European Cups was never in doubt, the coach fears for the first time that such a thing is possible.

Sources close to the owner of CFR say that he borrowed another one and a half million euros from a friend from Cluj, who guaranteed the amount with ten apartments in the block under construction.

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