From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market8 Nov 2027
“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.
Match6 Nov 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Makar Pestov
“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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Torpedo Vladimir have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Danil Glinskiy 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Vladislav Sirotov has let it be known that he does not like the way Torpedo Vladimir are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Market8 Nov 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Danil Glinskiy may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Steady
Match30 Oct 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
Wages eat 141% of everything Torpedo Vladimir earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad1 Nov 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 watch1 Nov 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Match30 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Zvezda will be the happier side with the point.
Squad1 Nov 2027
Daniil Kopylov 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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Steady
Market25 Oct 2027
“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.
Match23 Oct 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.
Squad25 Oct 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 watch25 Oct 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and 1 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
Match23 Oct 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Daniil Kopylov 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match6 Oct 2027
A 1-0 win over Sochi, a place in the next round, and the quiet arithmetic every supporter does on the walk home: how many more until a final?
Market11 Oct 2027
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Alan Villarruel
“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.
Squad11 Oct 2027
At 22 years old, Kirill Slozhenikin became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Ilja Zharov 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad11 Oct 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Torpedo Vladimir have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Boardroom11 Oct 2027
A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.
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Steady
Market13 Sep 2027
“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.
Match11 Sep 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad13 Sep 2027
24 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad13 Sep 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.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Makar Pestov commits to Torpedo Vladimir for another 3 years.
Squad13 Sep 2027
Daniil Kopylov 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match14 Aug 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 14 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.
Market16 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Match14 Aug 2027
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Torpedo Vladimir are no longer polite ones.
Market16 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad16 Aug 2027
52 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match14 Aug 2027
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Kolomna defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad16 Aug 2027
“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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match7 Aug 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 13 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.
Market9 Aug 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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Match7 Aug 2027
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Torpedo Vladimir are no longer polite ones.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Leonlevitt Osiago and Torpedo Vladimir agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad9 Aug 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.
Boardroom9 Aug 2027
86% of the income goes out in wages at Torpedo Vladimir
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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match7 Aug 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Chertanovo will be the happier side with the point.
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Steady
Match31 Jul 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.
Market2 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Ivan Nesterov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torpedo Vladimir have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match31 Jul 2027
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Torpedo Vladimir are no longer polite ones.
Squad2 Aug 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 watch2 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Salyut to sit and watch. I want to come back to Torpedo Vladimir and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Market2 Aug 2027
49 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Match31 Jul 2027
A 1-1 draw with Zenit 2 leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Upbeat
Market28 Jun 2027
Diego Cabrera 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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Market28 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market28 Jun 2027
The name of Daniil Lazarev has come up in conversations Torpedo Vladimir were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Boardroom28 Jun 2027
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad28 Jun 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Market21 Jun 2027
“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.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Stanislav Utkin has come up in conversations Torpedo Vladimir were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Sergey Chernenko 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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Upbeat
Market24 May 2027
“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.
Squad24 May 2027
At 19, Savva Potapov is already the best thing here
An average of 7.11 in a first team he is several years too young for. Torpedo Vladimir have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
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Upbeat
Market26 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad26 Apr 2027
At 19, Savva Potapov is already the best thing here
An average of 7.11 in a first team he is several years too young for. Torpedo Vladimir have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad26 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Alexandru Man
“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
Upbeat
Market19 Apr 2027
“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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Alexandru Man has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Torpedo Vladimir they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
133% of the income goes out in wages at Torpedo Vladimir
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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Alan Villarruel
“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.
Market19 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Denis Arslanov 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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Upbeat
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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Nesterov and Torpedo Vladimir agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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 Torpedo Vladimir, and 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market5 Apr 2027
“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.
Squad5 Apr 2027
91 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Torpedo Vladimir now.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Diego Cabrera 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.
Market5 Apr 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Market29 Mar 2027
“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.
Squad29 Mar 2027
A season average of 7.11 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Torpedo Vladimir know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Loan watch29 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad29 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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad29 Mar 2027
Daniil Kleiner 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market1 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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Mar 2027
A season average of 7.11 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Torpedo Vladimir know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Squad1 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.
Squad1 Mar 2027
At 24, Maxim Vafiev has come through every age group this club has, and now watches a borrowed player of much the same level start every week. An academy notices these things, and so do the parents in the stand.
Market1 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market1 Mar 2027
The window shut and Alexandr Korenblyum is still in the building
Torpedo Vladimir spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Upbeat
Market22 Feb 2027
“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.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
203% of the income goes out in wages at Torpedo Vladimir
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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Diego Cabrera 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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Upbeat
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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Squad15 Feb 2027
Diego Cabrera 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market8 Feb 2027
“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.
Match6 Feb 2027
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market8 Feb 2027
The Irkutsk deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Ivan Nesterov reports back to Torpedo Vladimir with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Loan watch8 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and 0 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad8 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.
Squad8 Feb 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Diego Cabrera will call it something else in private.
Match6 Feb 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market8 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Market1 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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Feb 2027
At 19, Savva Potapov is already the best thing here
An average of 7.10 in a first team he is several years too young for. Torpedo Vladimir have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Samir Gasanov: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torpedo Vladimir have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Fərid Kələntərov and Torpedo Vladimir agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Danil Sobolev
“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.
Market1 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Triumph
Market25 Jan 2027
“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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
247% of the income goes out in wages at Torpedo Vladimir
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.
Squad25 Jan 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.
Market25 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Upbeat
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
Squad4 Jan 2027
At 19, Savva Potapov is already the best thing here
An average of 7.00 in a first team he is several years too young for. Torpedo Vladimir have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Match2 Jan 2027
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Torpedo Vladimir have 3 straight wins of it.
Match2 Jan 2027
Three points for Torpedo Vladimir, 2-0 the final word against Kosmos in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad4 Jan 2027
No place for Diego Cabrera on the big day
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Torpedo Vladimir pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Squad4 Jan 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.
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Steady
Market28 Dec 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.
Boardroom28 Dec 2026
Wages eat 421% of everything Torpedo Vladimir earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Match26 Dec 2026
Yenisey 2 made Torpedo Vladimir work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad28 Dec 2026
“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.
Squad28 Dec 2026
Diego Cabrera 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.
Market28 Dec 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ilja Zharov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market30 Nov 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.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 29 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Islam Zangiev: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torpedo Vladimir have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
523% of the income goes out in wages at Torpedo Vladimir
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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Kolomna left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad30 Nov 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Diego Cabrera knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
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Uneasy
Squad16 Nov 2026
A one-man rearguard from Maxim Vafiev
There were 8 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market16 Nov 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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“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.
Match14 Nov 2026
Zenit 2 made Torpedo Vladimir work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“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 watch16 Nov 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Market16 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Torpedo Vladimir know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market16 Nov 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Ilja Zharov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Squad16 Nov 2026
At 23 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Torpedo Vladimir are won quietly and lost loudly.
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Uneasy
Market9 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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Daniil Kleiner: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torpedo Vladimir have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match7 Nov 2026
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Torpedo Vladimir are no longer polite ones.
From our football correspondent
Steady
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.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 929% of everything Torpedo Vladimir earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market28 Sep 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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Alexandru Man and Torpedo Vladimir agree another 1 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match26 Sep 2026
A 2-0 win over Baltika 2, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Market31 Aug 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 Torpedo Vladimir can pretend not to have heard.
Match29 Aug 2026
No end in sight to Torpedo Vladimir's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Torpedo Vladimir has to find a result from somewhere.
Match29 Aug 2026
Irkutsk left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 Aug 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.
Market31 Aug 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Samir Gasanov 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and both men came out saying it was fine.