Transfers

Transfers 2026

Who came, who left and who was never quite bought — in one table, with links to our pieces on every deal.

Updated 21 September 2026 · All transfer articles →

Summer 2026

The first summer back in the top flight: Andrade and Borisko sold, nine newcomers signed outright, and one deal that fell through.

Arrivals 9

Player From How Fee When
Eduardo AndersonCentre-back Alianza (Panama) loan made permanent €250k *

Option triggered on 26 May with the player valued at €500k.

From Panama to Kaliningrad: why Baltika is buying Anderson · The money is there. Will the team stay?

Konstantin ShiltsovAttacking midfielder Neftekhimik free agent

The contract to 2030 was announced back in February; he finished the season in Nizhnekamsk and joined on 1 July.

Baltika signed a player with four goals a season. Why it does not look strange

Maxim ShnaptsevRight-back Pari NN transfer ≈ €500k *

Baltika beat Rubin and Lokomotiv to him.

Shnaptsev instead of Saus? Baltika's new right flank · Moufi or Shnaptsev? A right flank for Baltika

Fahd MoufiRight-back Orenburg transfer ≈ €500k *

The club ended up signing both right-back candidates it had weighed in spring.

Moufi or Shnaptsev? A right flank for Baltika

Ilya KirshDefender Pari NN transfer ≈ €700k *

A contract to 15 July 2030 — his first permanent deal after five loans.

Ilya Kirsh: the boy from one edge of Russia who chose the long road to the other

Loris MouyokoloCentre-back Grenoble transfer €1.5m *

The summer's biggest buy per L'Équipe; Transfermarkt lists €1m. Four-year contract.

Three weeks ago he captained Grenoble. Now he is Baltika's most expensive signing of the summer

Evgeny LatyshonokGoalkeeper Zenit — via Nizhny Novgorod season loan

A First League club bought him from Zenit and loaned him straight to Kaliningrad; sources disagree on whether Baltika hold a buy option.

The circle closes: why Latyshonok's return is not a step back

Yegor GolenkovForward Rostov transfer ≈ ₽150m *

In August Lokomotiv offered ₽200m and Rostov asked for at least 400 — no deal; a month later Baltika closed theirs for less.

Not Offor 2.0 — a different take on the same role · Golenkov for Baltika is not about goals. So what is he for?

Ilya PorokhovForward Shinnik transfer undisclosed

Contract to 10 June 2029. Two years ago he picked Ural over Baltika.

Two years ago he chose against Baltika. Now Porokhov is finally heading to Kaliningrad

Departures 5

Player To How Fee When
Kevin AndradeCentre-back Zenit sale €3.5m *

Bought from América de Cali in January 2024; the defensive leader of the club's best season.

WyScout versus golden steaks. How Baltika sells meteorites to the giants · Baltika goes to Colombia again. Who is Jose Garcia and why sign him after selling Andrade · The money is there. Will the team stay?

Derik LacerdaForward Cuiabá (Brazil) loan ended

The €1.5m buy option was not taken up; he is not in the 2026/27 squad.

Baltika's attack runs through Gil. What to do with Offor, Lacerda and Yenne?

Maxim BoriskoGoalkeeper CSKA release clause ₽180m (≈ €2m) *

CSKA did not negotiate — they triggered the clause after matchday one. A 3+1 contract, No. 39.

The circle closes: why Latyshonok's return is not a step back · The money is there. Will the team stay?

Eldarushev Rotor sale €120k *

The money is there. Will the team stay?

Nikolay TitkovMidfielder Lokomotiv release clause ≈ ₽125m *

Two years ago Lokomotiv let him go to Baltika for €80k. He went back home.

The money is there. Will the team stay? · 2+2, eight yellows and almost no highlights. How Titkov became Baltika's hidden engine

Did not happen 6

Player Club / interest How Fee When
Brian GilForward sale rumours stayed €6–8m (rumoured)

Our spring verdict: sell only from €6m and only with a replacement lined up. He stayed.

Baltika's attack runs through Gil. What to do with Offor, Lacerda and Yenne?

Fyodor ChalovForward PAOK did not happen

Discussed as a loan option; the club went another way.

Chalov for Baltika: strange until you look at the market

José GarcíaCentre-back Atlético Bucaramanga (Colombia) did not happen ≈ $1.5m (asking)

The Colombian-route candidate to replace Andrade; the slot went to Mouyokolo and Anderson instead.

Baltika goes to Colombia again. Who is Jose Garcia and why sign him after selling Andrade

Nathan GassamaCentre-back Torino, Panathinaikos, Bologna stayed €5m asking

Torino's first bid (€2–2.5m) was rejected; in August Bologna at €5m was reported. Bought in 2023 for €500k.

Bought for 500 thousand, now valued at 5 million. What Europe sees in Gassama · The money is there. Will the team stay?

Mohamed El Amine RamdaouiForward Paradou (Algeria) collapsed ≈ €1.2m (agreed)

Flew to Moscow, passed the medical and flew home three days later — to USMA.

The transfer that never happened. Why Ramdaoui spent three days in Russia and turned Baltika down

Houssem MrezigueMidfielder Dynamo Makhachkala did not happen ≈ €1m (estimate)

Makhachkala wanted to extend rather than sell; nothing was signed before the window closed.

"In Africa they said he had three lungs." Who is Houssem Mrezigue, the player Baltika is looking at

Winter 2026

The record sale of Saus to Spartak and two quiet arrivals that mattered more by summer than the loud ones.

Arrivals 2

Player From How Fee When
Mikhail RyadnoDefender CSKA transfer undisclosed

Contract to 31 December 2029; CSKA kept a share of any future sale.

Mikhail Ryadno at Baltika: why the defender needed the move

Eduardo AndersonCentre-back Alianza (Panama) loan with option

The option was exercised in May.

Why Baltika looks more and more to Latin America and Europe

Departures 1

Player To How Fee When
Vladislav SausRight-back Spartak sale ₽350m (≈ €3.5m) *

A club record. Bought from Zenit-2 in summer 2024 for €150k; 15% went to Zenit as the former owner.

WyScout versus golden steaks. How Baltika sells meteorites to the giants · The money is there. Will the team stay?

* Fees come from the open sources our articles cite (Transfermarkt, L'Équipe, Championat, insiders); the club does not confirm them. Rows marked «reported» are estimates, not official figures.