The Nizhniy Novgorod Chronicle
Market10 Aug 2026
Akhmat Grozny come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Nizhniy Novgorod did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Callum Robinson
Nizhniy Novgorod asked and Cardiff City said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nizhniy Novgorod pay Khimik $290.0K for a proper upgrade
Khimik did not want to sell and the number is why they did. $290.0K for Ilja Gruznov, and the expectation that arrives with him is the kind no amount of settling-in period softens.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Nizhniy Novgorod
Nikita Medvedev and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nikita Kakkoev signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nikita Kakkoev commits to Nizhniy Novgorod for another 4 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Nizhniy Novgorod against Krasnodar
0‑2 to Krasnodar, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nizhniy Novgorod promote Vladimir Pegov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Vladimir Pegov 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nizhniy Novgorod promote Rostislav Egorov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rostislav Egorov 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.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Nikita Yermakov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikita Yermakov, and the manager let it.
In brief
- The dugout Innokentiy Rodin faces the questions
- Squad Ilja Gruznov is a square peg at Nizhniy Novgorod
- Transfer targets Nizhniy Novgorod try to borrow Mateo Maravić