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Marked for Mart Haven

153 Edition

The Rukh Sentinel

2 Jul 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom2 Jul 2029

Rukh spell it out for Viktor Shevchuk

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Viktor Shevchuk has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

Boardroom2 Jul 2029

The Rukh board call everybody in

Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.

Market2 Jul 2029

Rukh say no — this time

The offer from LNZ for Yehor Hunichev 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.

Market2 Jul 2029

Maksym Uhrik agrees terms with Inhulets

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Rukh people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Market2 Jul 2029

Mattia Arrigoni asks to leave Rukh

“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.

Market2 Jul 2029

Oleksandr Bashmarin has one foot out of the door

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

Squad2 Jul 2029

Words exchanged at Rukh

Yehor Hunichev 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 dugout2 Jul 2029

Danylo Sydorenko frozen out at Rukh

This is not rotation. Danylo Sydorenko has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Rukh is pretending otherwise.

Squad2 Jul 2029

Vladyslav Kalitvintsev stays put

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

In brief

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The Rukh Sentinel

19 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market19 Feb 2029

Oleksii Tovarnytskyi 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 The request is on a desk at Rukh, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market19 Feb 2029

Adrien has said yes to Feniks

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Rukh have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Anton Bol out for 38 days

The medical room confirms 38 days on the sidelines for Anton Bol, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Market19 Feb 2029

Ihor Potimkov is on his way

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

Market19 Feb 2029

Chernihiv join the queue for Oleksandr Bashmarin

Add another name to the list: Chernihiv have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Oleksandr Bashmarin. The answer from Rukh has not changed — yet.

Squad19 Feb 2029

A row about effort at Rukh

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Marian Shved was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets19 Feb 2029

Dynamo Kyiv tell Rukh: Roman Didyk is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad19 Feb 2029

Words exchanged at Rukh

Yehor Hunichev 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.

Match17 Feb 2029

A bad afternoon for Rukh against Karpaty

0‑1 to Karpaty, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

In brief

129 Edition

The Rukh Sentinel

15 Jan 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match10 Jan 2029

Rukh through in the cup

A 1‑0 win over Polissia, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market15 Jan 2029

Terms done: Bohdan Kyrykovych is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Vasas waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Rukh is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Market15 Jan 2029

Andrii Kusyi 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 Rukh can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout15 Jan 2029

Mart Haven keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Rukh may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad15 Jan 2029

Words exchanged at Rukh

Oleksii Sydorov 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.

Squad15 Jan 2029

Marian Shved falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The terraces15 Jan 2029

Rukh supporters have found a favourite in Stephen Reynaerts

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Stephen Reynaerts has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Player ratings15 Jan 2029

Mukhammad Dzhurabaiev beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout15 Jan 2029

Vladyslav Kalitvintsev 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

92 Edition

The Rukh Sentinel

1 May 2028
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad1 May 2028

A knee injury of the worst kind for Vladyslav Kalitvintsev

53 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Rukh lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.

Squad1 May 2028

Tempers go at Rukh

Marian Shved 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.

Squad1 May 2028

Words at Rukh training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Klayver is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Squad1 May 2028

Mart Haven out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Mart Haven, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

The dugout1 May 2028

Vasyl Runich 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.

The dugout1 May 2028

No hiding place for Artem Somka

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Artem Somka, and the manager let it.

The dugout1 May 2028

Stephen Reynaerts has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Rukh will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout1 May 2028

A door opens for Yehor Hunichev

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

Market1 May 2028

Oleksii Tovarnytskyi linked with a move away

The name of Oleksii Tovarnytskyi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Rukh say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

  • Boardroom The Rukh academy earns its keep
  • Boardroom The Rukh board choose calm