The Akron Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Akron say no — this time
The offer from CSKA Moscow for Kristijan Bistrović 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Stefan Lončar pops up at the right end — 7.64
7.64, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Akron bid $1.2M for Yegor Pogostnov
The offer went to Lokomotiv Moscow this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kristijan Bistrović signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kristijan Bistrović commits to Akron for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kristijan Bistrović 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 Akron this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Akron lose Nazar Makeev
52 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Matúš Macík
Akron asked and Slovan Bratislava said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match8 Aug 2026
Stefan Lončar’s goal not enough for Akron
Stefan Lončar scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Orenburg, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Vitaly Gudiev
“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.
In brief
- Market Artyom Belov steps up from the Akron academy
- Market One of our own: German Shuvalov joins the Akron first team
- Market One of our own: Leonid Lebedev joins the Akron first team