Andrey Talaev, the agent for Egor Golenkov, stated that Baltika Kaliningrad was interested in the player, but the clubs did not reach an agreement. Talaev also said that, to his knowledge, Baltika has already denied the news regarding the transfer.

Yegor Golenkov, a forward for Rostov, commented on rumors linking him with a move to Spartak Moscow and CSKA Moscow. According to Golenkov, he learned about this information from the news and forwarded it to his agent. He mentioned that there was nothing concrete regarding these rumors.