The Akron Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Terms done: Dmitry Pestryakov is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and SKA Khabarovsk waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Akron is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market10 Aug 2026
Akron say no — this time
The offer from Fakel for Roberto Fernández was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Akron baulk at the price for Yaroslav Gladyshev
Dinamo Moscow wanted more than $6.0M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Francisco Duque will not be coming to Akron
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Cortulua is saying, and nobody at Akron is enjoying the guessing.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Roberto Fernández signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Roberto Fernández and Akron agree another 4 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $270.0K for Ilja Gruznov
Akron have gone to Khimik with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Akron
Roberto Fernández 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Akron come up short against Orenburg
Orenburg left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Marat Bokoev gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
In brief
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Akron
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Market Akron and Paulo Vitor are talking past each other