Ivan Chernykh

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14 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
25 Edition

The BATE Gazette

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Danila Sokol signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Danila Sokol commits to BATE for another 3 years.

Squad

Ivan Chernykh 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.

Squad

Ivan Mikhnyuk 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 BATE, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

Back issues
18 Edition

The BATE Gazette

30 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Nikita Neskoromnyi: 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.” BATE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Ivan Chernykh has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around BATE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Boardroom

131% of the income goes out in wages at BATE

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

In brief

14 Edition

The BATE Gazette

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

John Dembe: 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.” BATE have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Market

Ivan Chernykh has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around BATE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Boardroom

131% of the income goes out in wages at BATE

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The armband comes off Keidi Bare

BATE will explain it as a decision about the team, and it may well be one. A dressing room has never once read it that way.

Market

Talks stall between BATE and Vladislav Yatskevich

“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.

Squad

Anton Kovalev 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

10 Edition

The BATE Gazette

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ivan Chernykh has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around BATE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Boardroom

Wages eat 218% of everything BATE 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.

Squad

Nikita Neskoromnyi 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 BATE, and both men came out saying it was fine.

In brief

6 Edition

The BATE Gazette

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market

Ivan Chernykh has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around BATE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad

Anton Kovalev 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.

Boardroom

101% of the income goes out in wages at BATE

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The month belongs to Pavel Dubovskiy

The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. BATE have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.

Market

Christian Intsoen is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at BATE has been clear about where Christian Intsoen stands, which is more than many ever get.

Match

BATE and Smorgon take a point apiece

It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

2 Edition

The BATE Gazette

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Vladislav Yatskevich has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around BATE they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market

BATE turn down Ostrovets for Ivan Chernykh

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Vladislav Yatskevich

“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

Gleb Protasenya signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gleb Protasenya commits to BATE for another 3 years.

Market

Talks stall between BATE and Ilya Raschenya

“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.

Market

Alexandr Shvedchikov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at BATE has been clear about where Alexandr Shvedchikov stands, which is more than many ever get.

In brief

1 Edition

The BATE Gazette

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Alexandr Shvedchikov is on his way

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

Market

BATE turn down Osipovichi for Gleb Protasenya

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Artem Rakhmanov stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Artem Rakhmanov and BATE agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

Ivan Chernykh attracts admirers

The name of Ivan Chernykh has come up in conversations BATE were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Anatoliy Yarmolich 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.

Market

Talks stall between BATE and Vladislav Yatskevich

“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.

In brief