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Right Back - Dinamo Bryansk
21 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
55 Edition

The Dinamo Bryansk Gazette

16 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad

Jhon Rivas says Dinamo Bryansk went back on their word

“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.

Market

Saud Al-Tumbukti asks to leave Dinamo Bryansk

“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.

Market

Saud Al-Tumbukti is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dinamo Bryansk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Boardroom

Dinamo Bryansk counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Dinamo Bryansk now.

Match

Dinamo Bryansk get the job done against Orel

A 2-0 win over Orel, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Irkutsk are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Dinamo Bryansk will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ivan Rapakov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Alexandr Novikov 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.

Market

Nikita Mankov linked with a move away

The name of Nikita Mankov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Dinamo Bryansk say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
51 Edition

The Dinamo Bryansk Gazette

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Sergey Gribov asks to leave Dinamo Bryansk

“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.

Market

Saud Al-Tumbukti is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dinamo Bryansk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad

Ivan Rapakov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dinamo Bryansk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Znamya Truda come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Dinamo Bryansk did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Sergey Gribov attracts admirers

The name of Sergey Gribov has come up in conversations Dinamo Bryansk were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Boardroom

Dinamo Bryansk counting the cost

The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Dinamo Bryansk now.

In brief

40 Edition

The Dinamo Bryansk Gazette

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Tommy Reid asks to leave Dinamo Bryansk

“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.

Squad

Tommy Reid gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Alimkhan Alimkhanov wants to come home

“I did not go to Rubin Yalta to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dinamo Bryansk and fight for my place.” 17 appearances in 33 matches say the rest.

Loan watch

5 goals on loan for Artem Karpekin

20 appearances at Tver and the goals keep coming. Dinamo Bryansk are watching this more closely than the borrowing club would like.

Market

Cristian Duque placed on the list

Dinamo Bryansk have made Cristian Duque available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

Market

The Alexandr Novikov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Bryansk know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Squad

Snir Shoker is not saying it is over

“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 38 with 11 appearances behind him, and Dinamo Bryansk have to plan for both answers.

Squad

Ivan Rapakov 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.

Market

Still no signature from Saud Al-Tumbukti

6 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Dinamo Bryansk could get for him.

In brief

38 Edition

The Dinamo Bryansk Gazette

19 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

At 21, Kirill Popov is already the best thing here

An average of 7.11 in a first team he is several years too young for. Dinamo Bryansk have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Boardroom

Wages eat 204% of everything Dinamo Bryansk earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Loan watch

Vadim Kondrashov wants to come home

“I did not go to Chertanovo to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dinamo Bryansk and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 11 matches say the rest.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Ivan Rapakov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Tommy Reid knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Bryansk, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Vladislav Drogunov linked with a move away

The name of Vladislav Drogunov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Dinamo Bryansk say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

33 Edition

The Dinamo Bryansk Gazette

15 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Arkhip Kazantsev is the real thing at 20

A season average of 7.07 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Dinamo Bryansk know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Loan watch

Arseny Avvakumov wants to come home

“I did not go to Murom to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dinamo Bryansk and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.

Squad

Ivan Rapakov gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

26 Edition

The Dinamo Bryansk Gazette

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Cristian Duque 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 Bryansk can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Cristian Duque: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Dinamo Bryansk have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

At 20, Kirill Popov is already the best thing here

An average of 7.10 in a first team he is several years too young for. Dinamo Bryansk have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.

Match

6 unbeaten for Dinamo Bryansk

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Dinamo Bryansk did not have in the autumn.

Boardroom

Wages eat 351% of everything Dinamo Bryansk earn

There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.

Match

Dinamo Bryansk get the job done against Rotor 2

A 1-0 win over Rotor 2, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Market

Alexandr Novikov told to find a new club

“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Alexandr Novikov has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Dinamo Bryansk.

Squad

Denis Osokin gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

The terraces

Supporters make their feelings known about Nikita Mankov

The speculation has reached the stands, and the stands have answered. Dinamo Bryansk would like this settled before it becomes the only thing anybody asks about.

In brief

19 Edition

The Dinamo Bryansk Gazette

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Alexandr Novikov 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 Bryansk can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Ivan Rapakov says Dinamo Bryansk went back on their word

“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.

Match

Metallurg take the points off Dinamo Bryansk

Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Artem Medvedev gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Loan watch

Alimkhan Alimkhanov wants to come home

“I did not go to Rubin Yalta to sit and watch. I want to come back to Dinamo Bryansk and fight for my place.” 12 appearances in 12 matches say the rest.

Market

Dinamo Bryansk and Saud Al-Tumbukti are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Market

Daniil Konoplev linked with a move away

The name of Daniil Konoplev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Dinamo Bryansk say nothing, which says plenty.

Squad

Cristian Duque handed the armband

The captaincy goes to Cristian Duque. It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.

Loan watch

Richard Golovachev would sign for Druzhba tomorrow

“Nobody here treats me like a loan player, and that is worth more than people think.” 15 appearances and 0 goals, and a summer that will decide it.

In brief