The Veles Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Veles say no — this time
The offer from Nart for Alexandr Krasnopevtsev 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Veles
Dmitry Sadov 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Veles against Mashuk
1‑2 to Mashuk, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Evgeniy Preobrazhensky steps up from the Veles academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Evgeniy Preobrazhensky has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Anton Bykov joins the Veles first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Anton Bykov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Maksim Sokolov steps up from the Veles academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Maksim Sokolov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Vladislav Galkin
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vladislav Galkin, and the manager let it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ivan Nikin pulls a muscle — 14 days out
The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 14 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
Igor Kulikov: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 1‑2, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Dmitry Sergeev
- Squad A season on the outside for Kirill Korolkov
- The dugout No place in the plan for Alexandr Shubin