The Amkar Post
Squad19 Apr 2027
Daniil Agureev 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 Amkar this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Grigory Zhilkin 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 Grigory Zhilkin trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
Kirill Burykin gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Kirill Burykin is on it.
Market19 Apr 2027
Daniil Agureev linked with a move away
The name of Daniil Agureev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Amkar say nothing, which says plenty.
The dugout19 Apr 2027
A door opens for Evgeny Tyukalov
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Questions about Lev Maltsev on the training pitch
The standards have slipped, and in a building where everybody watches everybody it has not gone unremarked. This is how a player loses a place before he loses one.
In brief
- The dugout Denis Yeremeev keeps his manager's vote
- Boardroom The Amkar board choose calm