The Orenburg Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
Robert Mejía breaks a bone — 59 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 59 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market10 Aug 2026
Orenburg say no — this time
The offer from Pakhtakor for Bogdan Ovsyannikov 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $2.6M for Nathan Gassama
Orenburg have gone to Baltika with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Orenburg go back to the board over Nathan Gassama
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $2.7M — a club that wants Nathan Gassama enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Maxime Sivis signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maxime Sivis commits to Orenburg for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jersson González 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 Orenburg this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Orenburg make their move for Ilja Zhbanov
$130.0K on the table at Rostov. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Alexandre Jesus wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Orenburg can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Daniil Veselov
Orenburg asked and Lokomotiv Moscow said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Match Orenburg find a way past Akron
- Market One of our own: Evgeni Moiseev joins the Orenburg first team
- Market One of our own: Alexandr Myasnikov joins the Orenburg first team