The Sevastopol Courier
Market7 Jun 2027
Artem Stepanovich has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Sevastopol they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout7 Jun 2027
Rustem Klimanov keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Sevastopol may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Maxim Suprun out for 37 days
The medical room confirms 37 days on the sidelines for Maxim Suprun, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Transfer targets7 Jun 2027
Mikhail Barinov turns down Sevastopol
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Tempers go at Sevastopol
Amet Dugu 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.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
103% of the income goes out in wages at Sevastopol
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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Sevastopol and Artem Stepanovich 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Sevastopol
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Boris Bely was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market7 Jun 2027
Sevastopol sign Håkon Forås Antonsen, one for the future
Håkon Forås Antonsen is 18, and Sevastopol have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
In brief
- Squad Ma Haoqi signs a new deal
- Market Still no signature from Maxim Suprun
- Match Sevastopol have something to play for