The Avangard Courier
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Denis Makarov
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Avangard have done the hard part with Baltika, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Avangard to lose Vladislav Tereshkin for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Vladislav Tereshkin has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jakub Jakimiuk signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jakub Jakimiuk and Avangard agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Danila Knyazev 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 Avangard this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Oleg Kozachenko
Avangard asked and Sibir said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jakub Jakimiuk falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match8 Aug 2026
Avangard come up short against Kuban
Kuban left with the points after a 0‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Fyodor Kryukov joins the Avangard first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Fyodor Kryukov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Luka Glushakov joins the Avangard first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luka Glushakov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Avangard promote Arseny Gribov from within
- Market Avangard promote German Babkin from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Maxim Slobodchikov