The Cherepovets Herald
Market10 Aug 2026
Cherepovets turn down Amkar for Ilja Antsiferov
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
Only the photograph left for Elnur Khalygov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Elnur Khalygov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Cherepovets the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maxim Dedelev puts it in writing
“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 The request is on a desk at Cherepovets, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 Aug 2026
Saturn join the queue for Dmitry Serebryakov
Add another name to the list: Saturn have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Dmitry Serebryakov. The answer from Cherepovets has not changed — yet.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Kirill Kulkov signs for Chelyabinsk while still at Cherepovets
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Kirill Kulkov has agreed terms with Chelyabinsk for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Stepan Asharin in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cherepovets this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for David Berezov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to David Berezov, and the manager let it.
Match8 Aug 2026
Honours even between Cherepovets and Spartak Moscow 2
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ilja Antsiferov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Squad Roman Rakov makes his debut at 14
- Player ratings Elnur Khalygov runs at them all day
- Player ratings Oleg Krinkin changes it off the bench