The Khimik Gazette
Market9 Apr 2029
Only the photograph left for Sergey Konakov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Sergey Konakov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Khimik the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Vyacheslav Zinkov 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 Khimik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
Khimik cannot sign anybody
The embargo bars a fee being paid for a player, whatever the manager thinks the squad needs. Every rumour printed about this club between now and its lifting is a rumour about a deal that cannot happen.
Boardroom9 Apr 2029
Khimik are $6.8M in the red
The borrowing is past what the bank agreed, which is the line where a debt stops being how football is financed and starts being a problem. Every phone-in in this town will quote the figure for the next five years.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Kirill Myrzakov 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.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Roman Raifegerste knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Roman Raifegerste trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market9 Apr 2029
The Kirill Gordeev question follows Khimik around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Kirill Gordeev’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Squad9 Apr 2029
Gleb Yakushevich has company in his position
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Gleb Yakushevich keeps the shirt for now, at Khimik's convenience rather than his own.
Market9 Apr 2029
Khimik pick up Daniil Scherbakov for nothing
The best deals are the ones the accountants never notice. Daniil Scherbakov arrives at Khimik with his wages the only cost and something to prove the only clause.
In brief
- Market Daniil Scherbakov leaves for nothing
- Boardroom The Khimik production line keeps running