Raphael Junuzovic

Left Forward - Feniks
29 May 2029
Tuesday
Process

Marked for Raphael Junuzovic

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The Feniks Herald

8 May 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Every point is an argument now for Feniks

Position 16 and 23 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Boardroom

Feniks put Mykola Marlos on notice

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.

Market

Nicolás Ramírez puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Feniks, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Rostyslav Rusyn says Feniks went back on their word

“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.

Squad

Oleksandr Chornomorets signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Oleksandr Chornomorets and Feniks agree another 2 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Oleksandr Chornomorets 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.

In brief

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The Feniks Herald

6 Mar 2028
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Nicolás Ramírez asks to leave Feniks

“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.

Squad

Pavlo Orikhovskyi stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Pavlo Orikhovskyi and Feniks agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Tempers go at Feniks

Anthony Stella 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.

Squad

No hiding place for Vitalii Zhupanskyi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vitalii Zhupanskyi, and the manager let it.

Market

Feniks buy the years ahead of Raphael Junuzovic

He is 20, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.

Market

Feniks sign Charles Batshuayi, one for the future

Charles Batshuayi is 20, and Feniks 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.

In brief