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The Torpedo Moscow Courier

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

A defender's goal wins it for Torpedo Moscow — 7.37

1 for Mario Ćurić, marked 7.37, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Mario Ćurić 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 Torpedo Moscow this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Door shut on Alexandr Kutitskiy

Torpedo Moscow asked and Dinamo 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

Arsenal Tula take the points off Torpedo Moscow

Beaten 1‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Rostislav Soldatenko gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Torpedo Moscow training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Gleb Shevchenko is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Oleg Shuvalov faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Oleg Shuvalov after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Looking ahead17 Aug 2026

Torpedo Moscow take on the side everybody is chasing

Fakel arrive as leaders. A side at the top is beaten roughly once a month, and the club that does it gets a week it remembers for a year.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Daniil Utkin left out for tactical reasons at Torpedo Moscow

The shape wanted a different profile against this opponent, which is a real football answer and no comfort at all to the man it is about. He did nothing wrong and he did not play.

In brief

Back issues
2 Edition

The Torpedo Moscow Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match8 Aug 2026

Torpedo Moscow leave it late against Sokol

Ninety minutes of very little, and then everything at once. The winner arrived in the 89th, and Sokol spent what remained of the match appealing to the referee rather than chasing the ball.

Market10 Aug 2026

Torpedo Moscow say no — this time

The offer from BSK Bijelo Brdo for Mario Ćurić 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

Danil Karpov turns down Torpedo Moscow

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at Torpedo Moscow

Mario Ćurić 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.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Torpedo Moscow rebuffed over Maxim Borisko

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. CSKA Moscow have kept their man, and Torpedo Moscow go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

The terraces10 Aug 2026

One of their own: Vladislav Shitov

He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Market10 Aug 2026

Maksim Fokin steps up from the Torpedo Moscow academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maksim Fokin 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: Maksim Platonov joins the Torpedo Moscow first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maksim Platonov 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: Yegor Arkhipov joins the Torpedo Moscow first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yegor Arkhipov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief

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The Torpedo Moscow Courier

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad3 Aug 2026

Mario Ćurić signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mario Ćurić commits to Torpedo Moscow for another 4 years.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Torpedo Moscow

Daniil Utkin and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Torpedo Moscow

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mario Ćurić was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Raków Częstochowa tell Torpedo Moscow: Patryk Makuch is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market3 Aug 2026

Torpedo Moscow and Alexandr Yushin are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market3 Aug 2026

The clock runs on Mario Ćurić's contract

49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.

Squad3 Aug 2026

8 new faces, and Torpedo Moscow are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

A loan move for Taylan Bulut is in the works

Torpedo Moscow have made the call to Besiktas. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

The dugout3 Aug 2026

Oleg Shuvalov on the point

“A point is a point and I will take it, but we should have had all three.” Oleg Shuvalov after the 0‑0 draw, and the sentence every manager in the country said at some stage this weekend.

In brief