Analysis · 12 min read
Baltika before the transfer summer: strengthen without dismantling a working machine. Who should leave?
A season without loud noise but with rare stability: 46 points after 27 rounds, three defeats and one of the…
Topic
Summer 2026 transfers
Who Baltika signed, released and never quite bought in their first summer back in the RPL.
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Scouting · 7 min read
Three weeks ago he captained Grenoble. Now he is Baltika's most expensive signing of the summer
On 12 July Loris Mouyokolo led Grenoble out with the armband.
Story · 10 min read
The transfer that never happened. Why Ramdaoui spent three days in Russia and turned Baltika down
Mohamed El Amine Ramdaoui flew to Moscow, passed his medical and three days later flew back to Algeria…
The whole story in order
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April 2026
Baltika before the transfer summer: strengthen without dismantling a working machine. Who should leave?
A season without loud noise but with rare stability: 46 points after 27 rounds, three defeats and one of the league's best defensive structures. The main risk now is the wrong reinforcement.
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May 2026
Baltika has outgrown its budget. Where should it look for RPL reinforcements?
Kaliningrad no longer needs depth players, but cannot buy ready-made leaders from rivals. The chance lies in market distortions: free agents, players without a role at top clubs, undervalued leaders of lower-table teams.
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Baltika signed a player with four goals a season. Why it does not look strange
Konstantin Shiltsov is the first summer arrival: at first glance another First League player, at second an attacking midfielder with volume, a Spartak past and numbers worth a look.
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Baltika's attack runs through Gil. What to do with Offor, Lacerda and Yenne?
Baltika's attack before the summer transfer window.
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Who should Baltika sign up front? Four forwards under 2 million euros
Previous posts covered RPL candidates; now we look at players from other leagues.
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Chalov for Baltika: strange until you look at the market
Fyodor Chalov's move to Baltika sounds strange at first. Even a little funny.
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From Panama to Kaliningrad: why Baltika is buying Anderson
What kind of deal this is: cheap insurance, a depth player or a potentially very good transfer for Talalaev.
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Golenkov for Baltika is not about goals. So what is he for?
According to Legalbet, Baltika is interested in Rostov forward Yegor Golenkov.
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June 2026
Shnaptsev instead of Saus? Baltika's new right flank
Baltika is close to signing Pari NN right-back Maksim Shnaptsev, beating Rubin and Lokomotiv to him.
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Moufi or Shnaptsev? A right flank for Baltika
Baltika is at a point where one decision on a defender can change the season. The club is said to be choosing between Moufi of Orenburg and Shnaptsev of Pari NN.
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Baltika goes to Colombia again. Who is Jose Garcia and why sign him after selling Andrade
Baltika has beaten the Colombian market once already: it bought Kevin Andrade, gave him the RPL and sold him to Zenit. Now it looks the same way again.
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Baltika does not need a striker. It needs Buloychik
Talalaev's team is top five in the RPL for set-piece xG but mid-table for actual goals. Bringing back the set-piece coach is an attempt to close that gap without a new forward.
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July 2026
Everyone leaves, everyone stays: an ordinary day of Baltika's transfer window
A humorous piece about transfer madness.
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Bought for 500 thousand, now valued at 5 million. What Europe sees in Gassama
Baltika's defender: 192 cm, left-footed, 34.7 km/h and 66% of aerial duels won — with a modest pass and zero RPL goals. Why Torino and Panathinaikos are queueing.
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The circle closes: why Latyshonok's return is not a step back
Twice in seven years Baltika took a goalkeeper nobody knew and turned him into one of the best in the country. Now it tries a third time — with the man it all started with.
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The transfer that never happened. Why Ramdaoui spent three days in Russia and turned Baltika down
Mohamed El Amine Ramdaoui flew to Moscow, passed his medical and three days later flew back to Algeria without seeing Kaliningrad.
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August 2026
Three weeks ago he captained Grenoble. Now he is Baltika's most expensive signing of the summer
On 12 July Loris Mouyokolo led Grenoble out with the armband. On 19 July the pre-season bus left without him: the defender was joining Baltika for 1.5 million euros.
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"In Africa they said he had three lungs." Who is Houssem Mrezigue, the player Baltika is looking at
Best player of CHAN three years ago, a Portuguese move without a single minute, a restart at home and in Russia — and now Baltika's interest.
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September 2026
Two years ago he chose against Baltika. Now Porokhov is finally heading to Kaliningrad
Porokhov's road to Kaliningrad: familiar coaches, his strengths and where he fits in the attack.