From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom3 Jul 2028
Grigory Bulgakov has until the next board meeting
What was said behind closed doors has now been said in front of a microphone. Everybody at Chertanovo can do the arithmetic, including the man it is aimed at.
Market3 Jul 2028
“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.
Market3 Jul 2028
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom3 Jul 2028
The numbers do not look good at Chertanovo
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.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Marcell Árki 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.
Market3 Jul 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market3 Jul 2028
Chertanovo have made Marcell Árki available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad3 Jul 2028
Another 3 days, and a comeback that has now been promised more than once. Nobody in the medical room is putting a fresh date in writing.
Boardroom3 Jul 2028
Chertanovo were not finished after all
Written off a fortnight ago, the squad has closed ranks and answered on the pitch. Something was said behind that door, and so far it is holding.
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Uneasy
Market19 Jun 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market19 Jun 2028
Murom are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Chertanovo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market19 Jun 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market29 May 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market29 May 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Chertanovo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad29 May 2028
Semyon Semenov 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market22 May 2028
“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.
Squad22 May 2028
Semyon Semenov 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.
Market22 May 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Market1 May 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 May 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Chertanovo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market1 May 2028
The name of Miłosz Rogula keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
Market1 May 2028
Chertanovo have made Daniel Yegorov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad1 May 2028
Daniil Korunov 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Boardroom1 May 2028
A squad written off a fortnight ago has closed ranks. Whatever was said behind that door, it has held so far.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market24 Apr 2028
“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 Apr 2028
The medical room confirms 29 days on the sidelines for Adamu Mohammad, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad24 Apr 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Boardroom3 Apr 2028
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market3 Apr 2028
“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.
Market3 Apr 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Chertanovo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad3 Apr 2028
Semyon Semenov 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Apr 2028
The name of Miłosz Rogula keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
Market3 Apr 2028
Chertanovo have made Daniel Yegorov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Uneasy
Market27 Mar 2028
“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.
Squad27 Mar 2028
The medical room confirms 57 days on the sidelines for Adamu Mohammad, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market27 Mar 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market13 Mar 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market13 Mar 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Chertanovo is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom13 Mar 2028
The numbers do not look good at Chertanovo
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.
Loan watch13 Mar 2028
“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 Chertanovo, and 4 appearances in 37 say he has earned the hearing.
Market13 Mar 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad13 Mar 2028
Daniil Korunov 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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Uneasy
Market28 Feb 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market28 Feb 2028
The name of Alexey Osipov has come up in conversations Chertanovo were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad28 Feb 2028
32 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad28 Feb 2028
The manager makes an example of Georgy Borisov
“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.
Market28 Feb 2028
Kvant are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Chertanovo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad28 Feb 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market14 Feb 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Feb 2028
Sibir come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Chertanovo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom14 Feb 2028
The numbers do not look good at Chertanovo
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.
Loan watch14 Feb 2028
“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 Chertanovo, and 4 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad14 Feb 2028
“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.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Semyon Semenov 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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Crisis
Market31 Jan 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“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.
Match29 Jan 2028
A 1-0 win over Irkutsk, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market31 Jan 2028
The name of Alexey Osipov has come up in conversations Chertanovo were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad31 Jan 2028
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Yves-Pulumde Nikiéma will call it something else in private.
Market31 Jan 2028
A conversation is coming this week. Chertanovo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad31 Jan 2028
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Market31 Jan 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad31 Jan 2028
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
Pressure builds in the Chertanovo boardroom
The directors have stopped offering the manager public warmth. In football that is usually the stage before the short statement.
Match22 Jan 2028
6 matches without a win for Chertanovo
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Chertanovo are no longer polite ones.
Market24 Jan 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad24 Jan 2028
The manager makes an example of Marcell Árki
“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.
Boardroom24 Jan 2028
97% of the income goes out in wages at Chertanovo
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.
Match22 Jan 2028
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Saturn will be the happier side with the point.
Market24 Jan 2028
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market24 Jan 2028
Chertanovo have made Daniel Yegorov available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad24 Jan 2028
Artem Selyukov wants a proper job in this side
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Artem Selyukov has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Chertanovo know, and have known for weeks.
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Crisis
Market10 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“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.
Match8 Jan 2028
4 matches without a win for Chertanovo
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Chertanovo are no longer polite ones.
Squad10 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad10 Jan 2028
Mark Pereverzev 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.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Squad3 Jan 2028
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Zakhar Svetov will call it something else in private.
Squad3 Jan 2028
“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.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Semyon Semenov 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Match1 Jan 2028
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Zenit 2 defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Market3 Jan 2028
The name of Daniel Yegorov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Boardroom27 Dec 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Chertanovo
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Market27 Dec 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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
The manager makes an example of Mark Pereverzev
“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.
Boardroom27 Dec 2027
102% of the income goes out in wages at Chertanovo
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.
Squad27 Dec 2027
A player who expected to start watched it instead. The manager will call it a decision for the team; Yves-Pulumde Nikiéma will call it something else in private.
Squad27 Dec 2027
Semyon Semenov 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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Crisis
Market13 Dec 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Match11 Dec 2027
Tver made Chertanovo work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad13 Dec 2027
Marcell Árki gets it from the manager
“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.
Market13 Dec 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad13 Dec 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market13 Dec 2027
Chertanovo have made Vadim Agafontsev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Crisis
Boardroom6 Dec 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market6 Dec 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.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Matvey Melnikov: 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.” Chertanovo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad6 Dec 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.
Market6 Dec 2027
The name of Daniel Yegorov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Daniil Korunov 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match27 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
20 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Match29 Nov 2027
Chertanovo are in real trouble now
Position 14, 14 points, and a fixture list with fewer games left in it than excuses. The arithmetic is not cruel yet, but it has stopped being kind.
Market29 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.
Boardroom29 Nov 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Chertanovo
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match27 Nov 2027
Dinamo Vologda left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad29 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Yegorov
“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.
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Crisis
Match13 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
18 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
The terraces15 Nov 2027
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 8 of the 39 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Market15 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.
Match13 Nov 2027
Beaten 1-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad15 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.
Squad15 Nov 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Chertanovo have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Crisis
Match6 Nov 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
17 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom8 Nov 2027
The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.
Market8 Nov 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Daniil Korunov: 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.” Chertanovo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Matvey Melnikov
“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
Semyon Semenov 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
Match30 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
16 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
The silence upstairs is getting loud at Chertanovo
Nobody on the board has said anything against the manager, which is the point — they have stopped saying anything for him either.
Match1 Nov 2027
12 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Squad1 Nov 2027
There were 6 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.
Market1 Nov 2027
Maxim Tarasov 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Yegorov
“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.
Boardroom1 Nov 2027
90% of the income goes out in wages at Chertanovo
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.
Market1 Nov 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Match30 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Yenisey 2 will be the happier side with the point.
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Uneasy
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
14 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market18 Oct 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad18 Oct 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.
Match16 Oct 2027
2-2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad18 Oct 2027
At 20 years old, Artem Prokhorov became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Market18 Oct 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Uneasy
Match9 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
13 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market11 Oct 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad11 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Marcell Árki
“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
Mark Pereverzev 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.
Match9 Oct 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Saturn will be the happier side with the point.
Market11 Oct 2027
The name of Daniel Yegorov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
12 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Match4 Oct 2027
8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market4 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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vladimir Bartasevich and Chertanovo agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match2 Oct 2027
0-1 to Kolomna, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad4 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Mark Pereverzev
“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.
Boardroom4 Oct 2027
Wages eat 89% of everything Chertanovo 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.
Squad4 Oct 2027
Vadim Agafontsev 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.
Market4 Oct 2027
The name of Maxim Kononov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match18 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market20 Sep 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Zakhar Svetov
“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.
Match18 Sep 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
Semyon Semenov 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.
Squad20 Sep 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Chertanovo have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market20 Sep 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market20 Sep 2027
Chertanovo spent the window trying to move Semyon Semenov on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Uneasy
Match11 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market13 Sep 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
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.
Market13 Sep 2027
Uralets-TS are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Chertanovo will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Match11 Sep 2027
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Luki-Energiya will be the happier side with the point.
Market13 Sep 2027
The name of Daniel Yegorov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match4 Sep 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market6 Sep 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“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.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marcell Árki commits to Chertanovo for another 4 years.
Squad6 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Yegorov
“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.
Market6 Sep 2027
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Market30 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Match28 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Market30 Aug 2027
Marcell Árki has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Chertanovo they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Maxim Kononov
“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.
Loan watch30 Aug 2027
“I did not go to Irtysh to sit and watch. I want to come back to Chertanovo and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
Match28 Aug 2027
A 1-1 draw with Tver leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Boardroom30 Aug 2027
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Chertanovo now.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad30 Aug 2027
Artem Selyukov wants a proper job in this side
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Artem Selyukov has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Chertanovo know, and have known for weeks.
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Uneasy
Match18 Aug 2027
KDV Tomsk ended it 0-0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Market23 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Match18 Aug 2027
6 matches without a win for Chertanovo
The run now stands at 6, and the questions being asked around Chertanovo are no longer polite ones.
Squad23 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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
At 21 years old, Artur Gagiev became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Matvey Melnikov 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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Crisis
Market16 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Match14 Aug 2027
No end in sight to Chertanovo's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Chertanovo has to find a result from somewhere.
Match14 Aug 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad16 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.
Squad16 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market16 Aug 2027
The name of Daniel Yegorov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market12 Jul 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.
Squad12 Jul 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.
Market12 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market12 Jul 2027
2 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Chertanovo money.
Squad12 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Daniel Yegorov keeps the shirt for now, at Chertanovo's convenience rather than his own.
Squad12 Jul 2027
Daniil Korunov 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
Market14 Jun 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market14 Jun 2027
The bid was some way short and Chertanovo did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad14 Jun 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Maxim Shalonikov commits to Chertanovo for another 3 years.
Boardroom14 Jun 2027
90% of the income goes out in wages at Chertanovo
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.
Squad14 Jun 2027
Semyon Semenov 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.
Market14 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Market17 May 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 May 2027
The medical room confirms 24 days on the sidelines for Maxim Svetnikov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom17 May 2027
Wages eat 99% of everything Chertanovo 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.
Market17 May 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Chertanovo know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad17 May 2027
Kirill Puzyrev 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.
Market17 May 2027
4 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Chertanovo money.
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Steady
Market10 May 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Squad10 May 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mark Pereverzev commits to Chertanovo for another 4 years.
Squad10 May 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
Squad3 May 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 May 2027
5 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Maxim Tarasov
“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.
Market3 May 2027
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Daniel Yegorov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market3 May 2027
“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.
Market3 May 2027
No fee and no drama: Stanislau Noyok has signed at Chertanovo, and the wage bill is the only line that moved.
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Steady
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.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Semyon Semenov commits to Chertanovo for another 3 years.
Squad19 Apr 2027
52 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Boardroom19 Apr 2027
109% of the income goes out in wages at Chertanovo
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
Zakhar Svetov 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.
Market19 Apr 2027
The name of Daniel Yegorov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market22 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.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“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.
Boardroom22 Mar 2027
Wages eat 132% of everything Chertanovo 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.
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Steady
Market15 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.
Loan watch15 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Strogino to sit and watch. I want to come back to Chertanovo and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad15 Mar 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Daniil Korunov: 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.” Chertanovo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Wages eat 158% of everything Chertanovo 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.
Squad22 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.
Squad22 Feb 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daniil Korunov commits to Chertanovo for another 3 years.
Market22 Feb 2027
The name of Daniel Yegorov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market15 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.
Squad15 Feb 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.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The selectors could not leave Semyon Semenov out
6.77 across ninety minutes and a place in the division's team of the week. He was the best player on that pitch and everybody there knew it.
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Uneasy
Match1 Feb 2027
24 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Market1 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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Artur Gagiev: 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.” Chertanovo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Yegorov
“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.
Loan watch1 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 Chertanovo, and 7 appearances in 25 say he has earned the hearing.
Market1 Feb 2027
The clock runs on Marcell Árki's contract
8 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Match30 Jan 2027
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Irkutsk came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Vadim Agafontsev 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
The name of Maxim Kononov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chertanovo say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
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.
Squad25 Jan 2027
“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.
Match23 Jan 2027
Saturn left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Boardroom25 Jan 2027
181% of the income goes out in wages at Chertanovo
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.
Squad25 Jan 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 Chertanovo, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Crisis
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.
Match2 Jan 2027
Zenit 2 left with the points after a 0-1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Daniel Yegorov
“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.
Loan watch4 Jan 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 Chertanovo, and 7 appearances in 21 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad4 Jan 2027
No place for Zakhar Svetov 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 Chertanovo pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Market4 Jan 2027
“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.
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Uneasy
Squad23 Nov 2026
Vladislav Korbut: 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.” Chertanovo have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad23 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Daniel Yegorov
“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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes, two goalkeepers with clean gloves, and not one finish worth keeping. Torpedo Vladimir will be the happier side with the point.
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Uneasy
Match14 Nov 2026
Three points for Chertanovo, 1-0 the final word against Baltika 2 in a contest settled by the finer margins.
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.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Crisis
Match17 Oct 2026
8 matches without a win for Chertanovo
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around Chertanovo are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Oct 2026
9 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match17 Oct 2026
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad19 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.
Market19 Oct 2026
Artur Gagiev is 20, and Chertanovo have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Artur Gagiev and Chertanovo agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Uneasy
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 321% of everything Chertanovo 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.
Squad7 Sep 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The award goes to Daniel Yegorov, and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
Match5 Sep 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Zvezda defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
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Uneasy
Market31 Aug 2026
Roman Volkov 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 Chertanovo can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
The paperwork is done: Daniel Yegorov joins from Znamya Truda in a deal worth $50.0K. Now comes the harder part.
Match29 Aug 2026
Tver made Chertanovo work for it, but the scoreboard read 1-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Maxim Tarasov
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad31 Aug 2026
At 33 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at Chertanovo are won quietly and lost loudly.