Marked for Anton Suchkov
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market19 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Slutsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Slutsk
Anton Suchkov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad19 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Slutsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Artur Chuduk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Artur Chuduk, and the manager let it.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Alexandr Naumovich is on it.
Market19 Oct 2026
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Slutsk money.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
What was a back-page link has become a chant, and the chant is not friendly. Slutsk would rather it were settled quietly, and it has stopped being quiet.
The dugout19 Oct 2026
Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Slutsk. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The language has come, the shrug has gone, and he argues in training like a man who expects to be here next year. None of it shows up on a fee and all of it shows up on the pitch.
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Uneasy
Market12 Oct 2026
Artem Tolkin has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Slutsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Slutsk
Anton Suchkov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Slutsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Daniil Kutsepalov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market12 Oct 2026
The clock does Vladislav Sychev’s negotiating for him
3 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Slutsk could ask drops and the wages Vladislav Sychev can ask rise.
Market12 Oct 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Slutsk know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Sergey Bulynenok 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.
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Uneasy
Market5 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Slutsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slutsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Slutsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vladislav Chebotar was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Ilya Branovets slips down the pecking order
The demotion a club never announces and a dressing room always notices. Ilya Branovets is further from the side than he was, and the reason will not be given until he asks.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Daniil Kirbay makes the team of the month
Four or five weekends of consistency, measured against everybody else in the division. A quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Market5 Oct 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Ilya Branovets has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Slutsk.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nazar Kurak, and the manager let it.
Market5 Oct 2026
3 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Slutsk could get for him.
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Uneasy
Match26 Sep 2026
The wait goes on for Slutsk
10 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market28 Sep 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Slutsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Slutsk
Anton Suchkov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad28 Sep 2026
19 new faces, and Slutsk are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Slutsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nazar Kurak was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.45 on the card, and the Slutsk support went home talking about one name.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Pavel Tseslyukevich, and the manager let it.
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Uneasy
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Slutsk's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Slutsk has to find a result from somewhere.
Market21 Sep 2026
Only the photograph left for Ilya Branovets
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ilya Branovets will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Slutsk the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market21 Sep 2026
Slutsk say no — this time
The offer from Osipovichi for Daniil Lesko 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.
Transfer targets21 Sep 2026
No thanks: Matvey Susha rejects the move
Slutsk had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Naftan, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words exchanged at Slutsk
Anton Suchkov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Slutsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Daniil Kutsepalov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Artur Chuduk, and the manager let it.
Match19 Sep 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Crisis
Match12 Sep 2026
8 matches without a win for Slutsk
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Slutsk are no longer polite ones.
Market14 Sep 2026
The bid was some way short and Slutsk did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market14 Sep 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Slutsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Slutsk close the window on a squad of their own making
20 in and 15 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Dmitriy Nekrashevich has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 23. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Slutsk
Anton Suchkov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match12 Sep 2026
0‑2 to Molodechno, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market14 Sep 2026
One of our own: Mikita Noyok joins the Slutsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mikita Noyok is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market7 Sep 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Slutsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match5 Sep 2026
7 matches without a win for Slutsk
The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Slutsk are no longer polite ones.
Market7 Sep 2026
The phone has started ringing about Artem Tolkin again, and this time the name on the line is Dinamo Minsk. Slutsk are listening politely and promising nothing.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Vadim Kurlovich has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slutsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Artem Polushko has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Slutsk have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandr Naumovich, and the manager let it.
Match5 Sep 2026
Slutsk rescue it on 93 minutes
Behind, and beaten by any honest reading, until minute 93. Gomel had the points in their pocket and a corner of the ground still believed, which is generally when it happens.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager has re-ordered his thinking and Dmitriy Nekrashevich has come out of it lower. He will be told it is temporary, and the players who have heard that before will avoid his eye.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
Ignatiy Sidor has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Slutsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Match29 Aug 2026
The wait goes on for Slutsk
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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 Slutsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
Uni-X Labs come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Slutsk did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slutsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Maxim Samartsev has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Slutsk have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Slutsk asked and Vitebsk said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market31 Aug 2026
Makar Suschiy has left for Dnepr Mogilev in a $11.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Slutsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vladislav Sychev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 46. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.86 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Vladislav Leshko has agreed terms with Slutsk for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Market17 Aug 2026
Andrey Solovey arrives at Neman in a $110.0K statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Neman have paid $110.0K for Andrey Solovey, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Neman
Sergey Pushnyakov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market17 Aug 2026
Slutsk pay $180.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Neman
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kirill Veidyger was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market17 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Maxim Kravtsov again, and this time the name on the line is BATE. Neman are listening politely and promising nothing.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kirill Veidyger, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 62. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market17 Aug 2026
$180.0K — a new record at Slutsk
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Match12 Aug 2026
The cup run ends for Slutsk
0‑0 against Dnepr Mogilev, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Evgeniy Karpovich arrives at the club he grew up with
Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Evgeniy Karpovich has, at Slutsk, and the first month will show what that does to a man.
Market17 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Slutsk did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match15 Aug 2026
4 matches without a win for Slutsk
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Slutsk are no longer polite ones.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
The offer went to Minsk this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Slutsk
Vladislav Fedosov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Slutsk spend $180.0K on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $180.0K for Anton Suchkov, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market10 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Slutsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Slutsk and Neman have settled on $180.0K. The rest belongs to the player and his agent, and a supporter who has watched one of these before knows not to buy the shirt yet.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 5 of the 25 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad10 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Slutsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Isloch have kept their man, and Slutsk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Slutsk
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Vladislav Sychev was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match8 Aug 2026
Vitebsk left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.