The Yenisey Chronicle
Squad21 Aug 2028
Azər Əliyev breaks a bone — 17 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 17 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market21 Aug 2028
Stanislav Berezhnoy agrees terms with Irkutsk
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Yenisey people have started saying his name in the past tense.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Yegor Ivanov is slowing down
At 36, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Market21 Aug 2028
The Yan Tses' conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: Saturn will make the call about Yan Tses' this week. Yenisey have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Market21 Aug 2028
Murom join the queue for Artem Stepanovich
Add another name to the list: Murom have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Artem Stepanovich. The answer from Yenisey has not changed — yet.
Transfer targets21 Aug 2028
Door shut on Yury Maleev
Yenisey asked and Rotor said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A row about effort at Yenisey
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Olivier Kenfack was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Nobody could get near Andrey Mazurin
Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
The dugout21 Aug 2028
No hiding place for Marat Tlekhugov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Marat Tlekhugov, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad 8 new faces, and Yenisey are still learning each other
- Market Yenisey sign Nicholas Mathiesen, one for the future
- Player ratings Nobody on the pitch touched Yan Tses'