The Veles Post
Market15 Feb 2027
Artur Koloskov agrees terms with Znamya Truda
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Veles people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Market15 Feb 2027
Artur Koloskov asks to leave Veles
“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.
Transfer targets15 Feb 2027
The paperwork begins on Yegor Smirnov
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Veles have done the hard part with Leningradets, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad15 Feb 2027
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.
The dugout15 Feb 2027
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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Ionafan Sapozhnikov 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 dugout15 Feb 2027
Artur Koloskov 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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Dmitry Sergeev linked with a move away
The name of Dmitry Sergeev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Veles say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The training reports on Bogdan Markov are not good
A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.
In brief
- The dugout Oleg Smirnov keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Welcome back, Dmitry Biryukov