The Spartak Moscow Gazette
Market19 Jul 2027
Nail Umyarov raises the bar for Spartak Moscow
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Spartak Moscow heard it as anything else.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Esequiel Barco 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 Spartak Moscow this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Spartak Moscow
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Arsenal Tula tell Spartak Moscow: Miloš Brnović 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 dugout19 Jul 2027
Alexandr Maximenko 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.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Ivan Dyachkov joins the Spartak Moscow first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Dyachkov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market19 Jul 2027
Stepan Mikhaylov steps up from the Spartak Moscow academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stepan Mikhaylov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market19 Jul 2027
Aleksandr Prokhorov steps up from the Spartak Moscow academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Aleksandr Prokhorov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Looking ahead19 Jul 2027
All roads lead to Zenit
The fixture the calendar is arranged around. Form goes out of the window, the table is not consulted, and for ninety minutes Spartak Moscow will be judged on one thing only.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured for Christopher Wooh
- The dugout Christopher Martins Pereira is still being punished for one mistake
- The dugout When it matters, Gedson Fernandes plays