The Torpedo Moscow Courier
Squad17 Aug 2026
6 saves: Rostislav Soldatenko was the team
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 6 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Guilherme due for a Torpedo Moscow medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Mario Ćurić in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Torpedo Moscow this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Arsenal Tula take the points off Torpedo Moscow
Beaten 2‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Torpedo Moscow training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Tsypchenko 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 targets17 Aug 2026
Fenerbahce tell Torpedo Moscow: Kojo Peprah Oppong is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Mario Ćurić
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Too much change too quickly at Torpedo Moscow
11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Danila Sokolov answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 2‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
In brief
- Market Torpedo Moscow sign Ivan Kuznetsov, one for the future
- Player ratings Ilja Berkovskiy beats them one at a time
- Market Torpedo Moscow and Oleg Nikiforenko are talking past each other