Marked for Ivan Kovrechenkov
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Market7 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
There are footballers who have a good season and footballers a season is remembered for, and the second kind get their names read out in a hall in the summer. Ural will be quietly delighted and privately nervous.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Artem Mamin: 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.” Ural have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Léo Cordeiro 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 Ural this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Jun 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.
Market7 Jun 2027
Ítalo linked with a move away
The name of Ítalo keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ural say nothing, which says plenty.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad31 May 2027
Tempers go at Ural
Léo Cordeiro was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch31 May 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 Ural, and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
Market31 May 2027
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Fanil Sungatulin signs something — a contract at Ural or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad3 May 2027
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Ural have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad3 May 2027
Tempers go at Ural
Léo Cordeiro was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Loan watch3 May 2027
“I did not go to Sochi to sit and watch. I want to come back to Ural and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Apr 2027
Tempers go at Sochi
Alexandr Soldatenkov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market26 Apr 2027
The name of François Kamano keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Sochi say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad26 Apr 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 Sochi, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad5 Apr 2027
Léo Cordeiro 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 Ural this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Jhon Miranda commits to Ural for another 3 years.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jhon Miranda, and the manager let it.