Horatiu Moldovan received an interesting offer from Kocaelispor, a team that recently ascended to the Turkish first division. However, he preferred to move to a more competitive league.

Horațiu Moldovan is being pursued by Kocaelispor after Atlético de Madrid signed Juan Musso. Moldovan had a loan spell at Sassuolo, but the Italian club did not exercise the purchase option.