Players at financially troubled CFR Cluj, one of the most successful Romanian clubs in the last decade, have threatened to boycott their next league game because of unpaid wages and bonuses, says dnaindia.com.”If the outstanding wages are not paid this week, our players will not play at FC Botosani on Saturday,” Cluj coach Vasile Miriuta told local media on Tuesday.
„They told me about that before the match against Brasov (on Monday night) and I understand them,” added Miriuta.
Former Hungary international Miriuta also declared that he will quit as coach after the end of the first half of the championship in December.
„No matter what happens I’ll resign on December 6,” said the 46-year-old, who took over in December 2013, thus becoming the club’s 14th coach in the last six years.
The Railwaymen won three league titles, three national cups, and two Supercups between 2008 and 2012. They have played in the Champions League group stage three times and reached the Europa League Round of 32 in 2013-14.
Cluj are second in the standings with 26 points from 13 matches, five points behind Steaua Bucharest.
Many Romanian clubs are struggling to meet administrative, legal and financial conditions set by European governing body UEFA.
Ioan Niculae, the flamboyant owner of domestic cup winners, FC Astra, said on Monday he would ‘consider’ whether to continue to invest in Romanian football.
„It’s a sport, in which 17 clubs are losing and probably only one gain something,” Niculae said.
„Football is a reflection of the entire economic life,” concluded Niculae.
