The Dinamo Tbilisi Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Tiago Cóser
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Dinamo Tbilisi have done the hard part with Coritiba, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Mathew Gbomadu signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mathew Gbomadu commits to Dinamo Tbilisi for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Dinamo Tbilisi
Jaba Kankava and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Ryan Francisco
Dinamo Tbilisi asked and Sport Recife 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
Giorgi Qazaishvili steps up from the Dinamo Tbilisi academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Giorgi Qazaishvili has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Jaba Gvelesiani joins the Dinamo Tbilisi first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jaba Gvelesiani 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
Dinamo Tbilisi promote Levan Kvaratskhelia from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Levan Kvaratskhelia 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
Dinamo Tbilisi promote Levan Kobiashvili from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Levan Kobiashvili 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
The manager makes an example of Mathew Gbomadu
“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
- Squad Giorgi Kukhianidze has outgrown this division
- Squad 17 new faces, and Dinamo Tbilisi are still learning each other
- The dugout Numan Kurdić knocks on the manager’s door