The Sillamae Kalev Sentinel
Market1 Feb 2027
Terms done: Markus Dmitrijev is going
Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Parnu waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Sillamae Kalev is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.
Boardroom1 Feb 2027
Sillamae Kalev close the window on a squad of their own making
3 in and 5 out, and no more changes for months. The manager has what he has, the supporters have their opinion of it, and the table will have the last word.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Words exchanged at Sillamae Kalev
Douglas Dias and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Artur Ioniţă falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Door shut on Rashid Magomedov
Sillamae Kalev asked and Neftekhimik said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
No hiding place for Nikita Chevankov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Nikita Chevankov, and the manager let it.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Nebiyu Abraham signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Nebiyu Abraham commits to Sillamae Kalev for another 3 years.
Market1 Feb 2027
Talks stall between Sillamae Kalev and Douglas Dias
“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.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Kalimolla Zainavov is a square peg at Sillamae Kalev
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
In brief
- The dugout Markus Dmitrijev asks for a word with the manager
- Market Kalimolla Zainavov joins Sillamae Kalev on a free
- Market Nebiyu Abraham joins Sillamae Kalev on a free