The Dinamo St Petersburg Courier
Market12 Jul 2027
Artem Meshalkin has said yes to Amkar
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Dinamo St Petersburg have lost him in all but the paperwork.
Market12 Jul 2027
Faisal Ismail Abdelrahim is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dinamo St Petersburg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Georgy Korolev is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Words exchanged at Dinamo St Petersburg
Ilja Kubyshkin 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.
Transfer targets12 Jul 2027
Dinamo St Petersburg rebuffed over Timur Nikolov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Alania have kept their man, and Dinamo St Petersburg go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
No hiding place for Omar Popov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Omar Popov, and the manager let it.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Husan O'rolov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Husan O'rolov and Dinamo St Petersburg agree another 3 years.
Squad12 Jul 2027
A row about effort at Dinamo St Petersburg
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nikita Khlusov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout12 Jul 2027
Georgy Korolev 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
- Market The Omar Popov question follows Dinamo St Petersburg around
- Match Dinamo St Petersburg in the hunt for Europe
- Market Still no signature from Roman Torosyan