From our football correspondent
Steady
Match20 Nov 2027
12 unbeaten for Ryazan
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Ryazan did not have in the autumn.
Squad22 Nov 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ryazan have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad22 Nov 2027
Artem Yanin 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.
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Uneasy
Loan watch10 May 2027
“I did not go to Kuban Holding to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ryazan and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 38 matches say the rest.
Squad10 May 2027
“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.
Squad10 May 2027
Maxim Mishutin 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.
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Uneasy
Market12 Apr 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ryazan can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch12 Apr 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ryazan, and 5 appearances in 34 say he has earned the hearing.
Market12 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ryazan know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market15 Mar 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ryazan can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Mar 2027
“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.
Loan watch15 Mar 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ryazan, and 5 appearances in 30 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market15 Feb 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ryazan can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ryazan, and 5 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“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.
Market15 Feb 2027
Ryazan have made Alexandr Barkov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Market15 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Ryazan know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Jan 2027
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ryazan can pretend not to have heard.
Match16 Jan 2027
5 matches without a win for Ryazan
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Ryazan are no longer polite ones.
Squad18 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Maxim Mishutin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch18 Jan 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ryazan, and 5 appearances in 22 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Alexandr Barkov will call it something else in private.
Match16 Jan 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Znamya Truda defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market21 Dec 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ryazan can pretend not to have heard.
Squad21 Dec 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Loan watch21 Dec 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Ryazan, and 5 appearances in 18 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match21 Nov 2026
15 matches without a win for Ryazan
The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Ryazan are no longer polite ones.
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ryazan can pretend not to have heard.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Kuban Holding to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ryazan and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 14 matches say the rest.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match21 Nov 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kvant defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad23 Nov 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ryazan, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Ryazan's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ryazan has to find a result from somewhere.
Market26 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Ryazan can pretend not to have heard.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match3 Oct 2026
No end in sight to Ryazan's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ryazan has to find a result from somewhere.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
Market5 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ryazan is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
689% of the income goes out in wages at Ryazan
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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market5 Oct 2026
“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.
Match3 Oct 2026
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Ryazan, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sipho Ngqakabana keeps the shirt for now, at Ryazan's convenience rather than his own.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Ryazan's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Ryazan has to find a result from somewhere.
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad28 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Maxim Mishutin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.