The Saturn Chronicle
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
Vladimir Marukhin runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 31. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market18 Jan 2027
Only the photograph left for Yury Mozzhukhin
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Yury Mozzhukhin will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Saturn the goodbyes have quietly begun.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
Grigory Loskov says Saturn went back on their word
“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.
Boardroom18 Jan 2027
Saturn to lose Yury Mozzhukhin for free
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Yury Mozzhukhin has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Tempers go at Saturn
Maxim Kunskiy 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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Words at Saturn training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Maxim Sedov 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.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
No hiding place for Artur Shleermakher
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Artur Shleermakher, and the manager let it.
The dugout18 Jan 2027
The view from the dugout
“We did not lose. Some weeks that is all you get, and I would rather have the point than not.” Fedot Silaev chose the glass-half-full version of 0‑0; the supporters left with the other one.
Match16 Jan 2027
Point won or two lost for Saturn?
Ninety minutes, no goals, and the argument started before the car park emptied: a point gained, or two thrown away against Zenit 2? Both sides of it will still be going on Thursday.
In brief
- Market Semyon Bobrov linked with a move away
- The dugout Maxim Bogdanets has become a man the manager trusts
- Match Saturn have something to play for