From our football correspondent
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Market1 Jul 2029
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Rodina M waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Kuban is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market1 Jul 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Torpedo Miass, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jul 2029
Maxim Tarasov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Torpedo Miass they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
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Steady
Market1 Jun 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kuban can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Jun 2029
Alexey Amelin has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Dinamo Vladivostok they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 Jun 2029
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Dinamo Vladivostok, another week without a signature from Nuno Rafael.
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Steady
Market1 May 2029
Dmitry Kanaev hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Vladivostok can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 May 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Torpedo Miass is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 May 2029
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Kuban, another week without a signature from Daniyal Aliev.
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Steady
Market1 Apr 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Apr 2029
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Dinamo Vladivostok people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market1 Apr 2029
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ilja Molteninov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kuban the goodbyes have quietly begun.
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Steady
Market1 Mar 2029
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Kuban have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market1 Mar 2029
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Vladislav Konovalov had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Market1 Mar 2029
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Murom, and it is not being withdrawn.
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Steady
Market1 Feb 2029
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Feb 2029
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Murom waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Dinamo Vladivostok is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Market1 Feb 2029
Amkar come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Dinamo Vladivostok did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
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Steady
Market1 Jan 2029
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kuban can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Jan 2029
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Kuban is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Jan 2029
Daniyal Aliev is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Kuban has been clear about where Daniyal Aliev stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Market1 Dec 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Dec 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Torpedo Miass is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Dec 2028
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The month closes with Ilja Grischenko out in front — 3 goals in 3 games, and Kaluga have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Everybody in the division was measured and a Kaluga man came out on top: 8.31 across the month and 4 goal contributions. There is no serious case for anybody else.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Young player of the month: Daniil Ryzhov — 7.18
7.18 across the month and 2 goal contributions from a Kuban player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Nov 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Nobody made more than Al-Zahri this month
3 assists, 7.70, and a Kuban player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Nov 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dinamo Vladivostok is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Ilja Grischenko is the division's best-marked player — 8.31
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.31 across 3 matches for Kaluga.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
2 in 2 for Murom. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
2 goals in 3 appearances for Kaluga leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
3 goals in 3 appearances for Torpedo Miass leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
3 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Market1 Nov 2028
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Avangard has been clear about where Alexandr Khrebtov stands, which is more than many ever get.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Ruslan Bolov is the division’s leading scorer
6 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Murom have the man every defence in the division is planning around.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Marked 8.50 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Murom have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Young player of the month: Artem Stepko — 6.68
6.68 across the month and 1 goal contributions from a Kuban player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Oct 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market1 Oct 2028
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Zenit Penza waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Kaluga is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Nobody made more than Amur Balkizov this month
2 assists, 7.83, and a Kaluga player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.
Market1 Oct 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Murom is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Ruslan Bolov is the division's best-marked player — 8.50
The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.50 across 4 matches for Murom.
Market1 Oct 2028
Kaluga say no — this time
The offer from Zvezda for Gavriil Belkin 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.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
4 goals in 3 appearances for Kuban, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
3 in 3 for Kuban. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Ilja Yurchenko up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Dinamo Vladivostok — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
The month closes with Ilja Grischenko out in front — 7 goals in 4 games, and Kaluga have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Marked 8.52 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Kaluga have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Market1 Sep 2028
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Dinamo Vladivostok have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Young player of the month: Fyodor Bystrov — 6.67
6.67 across the month and 2 goal contributions from a Kaluga player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.
Market1 Sep 2028
Gleb Bakharev hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Kaluga can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Sep 2028
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Alexey Karimov had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
The division’s top provider is Al-Zahri — 7.07
3 assists across the month from a Kuban player marked 7.07. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Sep 2028
Only the photograph left for Al-Zahri
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Al-Zahri will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Kuban the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Best marks in the division for Ilja Grischenko — 8.52
8.52 on average across 4 matches for Kaluga. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
3 goals in 3 appearances for Murom leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Mikhail Ageev up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Kuban — 5 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
2 goals in 1 appearances for Sochi 2 leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 3 goals in 3 appearances for Murom.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Nikita Kozlovskiy is the division's player of the month — 7.95
A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Murom man on 7.95 with 3 goal contributions.
Market1 Aug 2028
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Kuban people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Kuban
Artyom Chesnokov was marked 6.66 and had a hand in 0 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Aug 2028
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
The division’s top provider is Igor Sokolov — 8.04
3 assists across the month from a Kaluga player marked 8.04. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.
Market1 Aug 2028
Murom say no — this time
The offer from Spartak Tambov for Nikita Sergeev 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.
Market1 Aug 2028
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Best marks in the division for Igor Sokolov — 8.04
8.04 on average across 2 matches for Kaluga. The chart that notices the players a goal tally never does, and this month it noticed him.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
2 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
3 in 3 for Dinamo Vladivostok. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
1 appearances, 1 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.