Maxim Kiselev

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Marked for Maxim Kiselev

111 Edition

The Shakhter Donetsk Courier

11 Sep 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market11 Sep 2028

Kirill Grishin hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Shakhter Donetsk can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout11 Sep 2028

Mateusz Karol frozen out at Shakhter Donetsk

This is not rotation. Mateusz Karol has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Shakhter Donetsk is pretending otherwise.

Boardroom11 Sep 2028

Deadline passes with 11 signed and 7 gone

That is the business done at Shakhter Donetsk until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.

Transfer targets11 Sep 2028

The paperwork begins on Yegor Plotnikov

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Shakhter Donetsk have done the hard part with Mashuk, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad11 Sep 2028

Victor Kiselev in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Shakhter Donetsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad11 Sep 2028

A row about effort at Shakhter Donetsk

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alexandros Exarchos was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Market11 Sep 2028

Maxim Kiselev already looking beyond Shakhter Donetsk

He signed expecting a bigger stage than the one he found. It has not taken long, and it has not taken the dressing room long to notice either.

The dugout11 Sep 2028

Luca Martinazzi 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.

Market11 Sep 2028

Still no ink between Shakhter Donetsk and Maxim Kovzikov

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Shakhter Donetsk, another week without a signature from Maxim Kovzikov.

In brief

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58 Edition

The Akron 2 Herald

6 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market6 Sep 2027

Fedor Pavlenko puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Akron 2, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A falling-out at Akron 2

Konstantin Tarnolitskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Nikita Chelyshev 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.

Market6 Sep 2027

Maxim Nedomoratskov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Akron 2 has been clear about where Maxim Nedomoratskov stands, which is more than many ever get.

Squad6 Sep 2027

A place in the month's best eleven for Artem Grigorjev

Four or five weekends of consistency, judged against everybody in the division doing his job. Artem Grigorjev has come out of that comparison in the side, and Akron 2 have had the benefit of every one of those afternoons.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Fedor Fenin wants out of the dugout

“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Akron 2 will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.

Squad6 Sep 2027

Alexey Solovjov loses the armband

The captaincy has been taken off Alexey Solovjov. Akron 2 will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.

The dugout6 Sep 2027

Maxim Nedomoratskov knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Akron 2, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market6 Sep 2027

Akron 2 put Maxim Kiselev up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Maxim Kiselev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

In brief

50 Edition

The Akron 2 Herald

12 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market12 Jul 2027

Maxim Kiselev hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Akron 2 can pretend not to have heard.

Squad12 Jul 2027

Alexey Solovjov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alexey Solovjov commits to Akron 2 for another 3 years.

Squad12 Jul 2027

A falling-out at Akron 2

Konstantin Tarnolitskiy and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

The dugout12 Jul 2027

The manager makes an example of Alexey Solovjov

“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.

Squad12 Jul 2027

A row about effort at Akron 2

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Nikita Platon was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout12 Jul 2027

Timofey Blokhin knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Timofey Blokhin trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief