The Dinamo Tbilisi Gazette
Market3 Aug 2026
Numan Kurdić has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Dinamo Tbilisi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom3 Aug 2026
Dinamo Tbilisi to lose Numan Kurdić for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Numan Kurdić has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jaba Kankava signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jaba Kankava commits to Dinamo Tbilisi for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Dinamo Tbilisi
Jaba Kankava and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Dinamo Tbilisi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Giorgi Kukhianidze is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Door shut on Irakli Azarovi
Dinamo Tbilisi asked and Shakhtar said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Jaba Kankava stands down from international duty
“100 caps is more than I ever expected, and it is time somebody else had them.” At 40 he is finished with his country and nowhere near finished with Dinamo Tbilisi.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Nikoloz Ninua's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
Dinamo Tbilisi ask about Isaac
A loan enquiry to Athletico Paranaense: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Luca Meirelles is in the works
- Market Talks stall between Dinamo Tbilisi and Welton Júnior
- The dugout Mathew Gbomadu knocks on the manager's door