The Spartak Kostroma Gazette
Market2 Aug 2027
Farraj Al-Rashid 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 Spartak Kostroma can pretend not to have heard.
Squad2 Aug 2027
Marat Tlekhugov: 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.” Spartak Kostroma have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market2 Aug 2027
Mikhail Shtepa is a Spartak Kostroma player
The fee is $260.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Chernomorets drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Match31 Jul 2027
Still nobody has beaten Spartak Kostroma
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market2 Aug 2027
Spartak Kostroma sign Dmitry Rebrov for $72.0K
The paperwork is done: Dmitry Rebrov joins from Volna in a deal worth $72.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Farraj Al-Rashid
“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.
In brief
- Squad Mikhail Shtepa asks for a word with the manager
- Match Spartak Kostroma and Shinnik cancel each other out
- Squad A first senior shirt for Ilja Mescheryakov
- Market The Nikita Demchenko talk will not go away