{"id":13336,"date":"2025-07-22T12:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/13336\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:10:09","slug":"the-boys-behaviour-dan-petrescu-shares-how-louis-munteanu-is-coping-amid-celtic-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/13336\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The boy&#8217;s behaviour&#8217; &#8211; Dan Petrescu shares how Louis Munteanu is coping amid Celtic speculation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CFR Cluj boss Dan Petrescu has opened up on how Louis Munteanu is coping amid Celtic transfer speculation.<\/p>\n<p>The young Romanian striker was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/celtic-learn-price-for-romanian-liga-1-top-goalscorer-with-6-9m-bid-rejected-as-french-clubs-circle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">linked to Celtic<\/a> after reports suggested that Brendan Rodgers had a \u00a36.9m bid thrown out last week.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/news\/cfr-cluj-owner-clears-up-celtic-speculation-with-louis-munteanu-medical-claim\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic may not be in for Munteanu<\/a> after Cluj\u2019s sporting director claimed that it is only a French club who have registered interest in the young forward.<\/p>\n<p>However, despite that, Cluj boss Dan Petrescu has opened up on how Munteanu is coping amid rumours that Celtic and others could be about to buy him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2220129984-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Spain v Romania - UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2025 Group Stage\" \/>Photo by Tullio Puglia \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesCluj manager delighted with Louis Munteanu\u2019s \u2018behaviour\u2019 amid Celtic rumours<\/p>\n<p>Being linked to a club like Celtic could be enough to turn anyone\u2019s head and cause a drop in performance or training levels.<\/p>\n<p>However, it appears that Munteanu has been the ultimate professional according to Petrescu.<\/p>\n<p>Petrescu said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/louis-munteanu-celtic-transfer-cluj-35591268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Daily Record<\/a>, \u201cI spoke to the player, the boy\u2019s behaviour is beyond my expectations, I tell you honestly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very serious, he wants to play, he doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s going to get injured. I was afraid to put him in, if he really has an offer, but he wants to play.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want Louis Munteanu to stay, but if he has a very good offer, I wish him luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>How Dan Petrescu would really feel if Munteanu left amid Celtic speculation<\/p>\n<p>Cluj have an important Europa League qualifier against Lugano coming up on the 24th of July and Petrescu has shared how he would feel if Munteanu left before then.<\/p>\n<p>Petrescu told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digisport.ro\/fotbal\/europa-league\/dan-petrescu-vrea-sa-il-bage-in-sedinta-pe-louis-munteanu-o-sa-am-o-discutie-cu-el-3708187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Digisport<\/a>, \u201cI haven\u2019t thought about the starting lineup yet, but it\u2019s possible that Louis Munteanu will play from the start or come in along the way. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll talk to him, let\u2019s see how he feels. If he leaves tomorrow, I have nothing to do and I wouldn\u2019t be upset. I understand his situation, the club understands, he understands. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be happy for him if he leaves, but if he stays, I would be even happier,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is one to watch as it appears that the young striker could leave the Romanian club sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CFR Cluj boss Dan Petrescu has opened up on how Louis Munteanu is coping amid Celtic transfer speculation.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,15006,85],"class_list":["post-13336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-louis-munteanu","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}