Samara’s Krylya Sovetov football club will have time to register all its players in the current transfer window and will repay its debt to Rostec’s RT-Capital subsidiary amid rumors about a possible transfer ban imposed by the Russian Football Federation (RFU). This was reported by Dmitry YakovlevChairman of the club’s board of directors.
They had reported this previously RFU could introduce a transfer ban for Krylia Sovetov due to financial irregularities. At the moment, the club’s debt to RT-Capital is 519 million rubles, of which 454 million is the principal debt and 64.9 million is the performance fee.
“We expected that such a situation might arise after RT-Capital announced its intention to declare Krylya Sovetov bankrupt. RFU operates in compliance with current regulations. We plan to repay all debts to RT-Capital by February 3rd. Let me remind you that the transfer window is open until February 19, so we will have time to register all players and prepare for the start of the second part of the Russian championship,” Yakovlev noted.
The club borrowed funds from Rostec for financial support, but has not met its debt repayment obligations since 2016. On December 1, 2025, enforcement proceedings were initiated to collect a debt of more than 928 million rubles from Krylya Sovetov in favor of RT-Capital. This decision was made by the Moscow Arbitration Court and later confirmed by the 9th Arbitration Court of Appeal.
On December 30, the club announced the payment of 535 million rubles to repay the debt, and in the first half of January another 54 million rubles were repaid.
On January 19, RT-Capital filed a lawsuit in the Moscow Arbitration Court against Krylya Sovetov in the amount of almost 146 million rubles. On January 21, RT-Capital, in a message to Fedresurs, notified its intention to appeal to the arbitration court for the bankruptcy of the Samara club. Krylya Sovetov said it intends to pay off the balance of the debt before RT-Capital files a lawsuit. Regarding the new application, the club noted that it does not have a clear understanding of its requirements, as the application has not yet been received.
