Overview
- Romanian league president Gino Iorgulescu told local media that Petrescu is in a very serious condition and undergoing chemotherapy.
- BBC Sport journalist Nizaar Kinsella posted on X that Petrescu does not have cancer, directly contradicting earlier reports.
- Recent coverage cites a rapid weight loss of about five stone, with photos and video in Romania showing the former defender looking frail.
- Former CFR Cluj president Cristian Balaj said Petrescu was taking steps toward recovery and at one point tried Chinese medicine treatments in Cluj.
- UK reports largely relay Romanian media and official comments, with no independent confirmation of a diagnosis or treatment details.