The CSKA Moscow Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
CSKA Moscow say no — this time
The offer from Zenit for Matvey Kislyak 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
CSKA Moscow baulk at the price for Uğurcan Çakır
Galatasaray wanted more than $8.1M and the board would not go there. Walked away, for now, which in a transfer window means until somebody blinks.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
CSKA Moscow rebuffed over Igoh Ogbu
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Slavia Prague have kept their man, and CSKA Moscow go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $4.0M for Fernando Costanza
CSKA Moscow have gone to Krylya Sovetov 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
CSKA Moscow may not be able to give Matheus Alves what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Matheus Alves wants continental football; whether CSKA Moscow can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
CSKA Moscow go back to the board over Fernando Costanza
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $4.3M — a club that wants Fernando Costanza enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matvey Kislyak signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Matvey Kislyak and CSKA Moscow agree another 5 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Matvey Kislyak 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 CSKA Moscow this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
The Matheus Alves conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Porto will make the call about Matheus Alves this week. CSKA Moscow have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
In brief
- Player ratings Danil Krugovoy was unplayable
- Market Andrey Kolesnikov steps up from the CSKA Moscow academy
- Match CSKA Moscow come up short against Akhmat