The Dinamo Makhachkala Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
A brace, and Hazem Mastouri takes the afternoon — 9.02
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Hazem Mastouri provided it, and the 9.02 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dinamo Makhachkala say no — this time
The offer from Krylya Sovetov for Idar Shumakhov 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
Andrés Carreño will not be coming to Dinamo Makhachkala
Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at Aguilas Doradas is saying, and nobody at Dinamo Makhachkala is enjoying the guessing.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Daniil Lesovoy was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 23. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Dinamo Makhachkala
Houssem Mrezigue was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Miro signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Miro and Dinamo Makhachkala agree another 4 years.
Match8 Aug 2026
Dinamo Makhachkala find a way past Sochi
Sochi made Dinamo Makhachkala work for it, but the scoreboard read 3‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Dinamo Makhachkala agree a free transfer for Danila Yezhkov
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dinamo Makhachkala rebuffed over Tenton Yenne
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Baltika have kept their man, and Dinamo Makhachkala go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Market Dinamo Makhachkala promote Andrei Kozlovsky from within
- Market One of our own: Dmitriy Savin joins the Dinamo Makhachkala first team
- Market One of our own: Gennady Barkov joins the Dinamo Makhachkala first team