The Spartak Moscow Gazette
Market19 Jul 2027
Not going: Roman Zobnin stays at Spartak Moscow
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Sokol had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market19 Jul 2027
Terms done: Daniil Khlusevich is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Irtysh waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Spartak Moscow is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market19 Jul 2027
Eyes on Nail Umyarov again
The phone has started ringing about Nail Umyarov again, and this time the name on the line is Ufa. Spartak Moscow are listening politely and promising nothing.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
A defender's goal wins it for Spartak Moscow — 7.98
1 for Danil Prutsev, marked 7.98, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Spartak Moscow
7 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Alexandr Pomalyuk signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexandr Pomalyuk and Spartak Moscow agree another 5 years.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Spartak Moscow rebuffed over Abu-Said Eldarushev
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Rotor have kept their man, and Spartak Moscow go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match17 Jul 2027
Mirlind Daku sends Spartak Moscow past Rodina
It finished 2‑0, and it was Mirlind Daku’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Spartak Moscow.
Market19 Jul 2027
Spartak Moscow promote Timur Eskov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Timur Eskov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Player ratings A masterclass from Mirlind Daku
- Looking ahead All roads lead to Zenit
- Player ratings Christopher Martins Pereira shuts the door