CFR Cluj, the first reaction after Brighton’s interest in Philip Otele: “We are not happy”

The extreme left from Nigeria has caught the attention of the English Brighton, who are monitoring him closely. But CFR Cluj officials are dissatisfied with the information that appeared outside the mercato period.

Cristi Balaj, reaction after Brighton’s interest in Otele

“It is not a transfer period now. It is an important period of the championship and we are not necessarily happy when such topics appear in important moments of the championship.

We know that Otele is being pursued by major clubs, there was an important offer in the winter, which was turned down because we consider his value to be much higher than what was offered to us. We avoid talking about amounts because the value of a player must be given by his performances.

We are satisfied that he has a very good level – assists, goals scored. We are confident that he will end up having a transfer to an important club.

Otele is a consummate professional. For him there is only football. He is preparing at the highest level and I am convinced that he will reach a major club in Europe.

The winter offer for Otele was from Europe, from France. There were other teams interested in Otele, but the one from France was concrete. Now we have nothing, but now is not a transfer period. I am convinced that if he evolves as he does during this period we will see him in important championships.

Undeniably, I see Otele in an important championship. He is a player far above the level of the Romanian championship. It was a good decision to transfer him, we followed him, we noticed him and probably we saw qualities in him that others didn’t notice”, said Cristi Balaj, quoted by sport.ro.

Philip Otele, pursued by Brighton

“Brighton is monitoring Philip Otele, the winger from CFR Cluj, one of the stars in the Romanian first league. The impressive database of “seagulls” brought to the surface Otele, one of the hidden pearls of Europe. CFR Cluj values ​​it at approximately 3 million pounds.

The right-footed winger would go on loan to the Belgian club Union St. Gilloise, Brighton’s sister club, before getting a chance in the Premier League. Moises Caicedo, Denis Undav and Simon Adingra are among those who have been loaned out to Belgium before returning to Brighton and playing in the Premier League.

Nigerian Otele trained with Arsenal when he was 14, but had to leave the UK due to visa issues. He then returned to study at Teesside University but also played semi-professionally at Wolviston before building a career in Europe.

Otele turned professional in 2019, with the Lithuanian team Kauno Zalgiris. Then he went to UTA Arad, in Romania, before signing with CFR Cluj, a Conference League team”, write the English from The Standard.

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