The Chaika Courier
Squad17 Apr 2028
Felix Sulemana gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Felix Sulemana has just signed for Chaika, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Words at Chaika training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. René Meléndez is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom17 Apr 2028
133% of the income goes out in wages at Chaika
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.
Squad17 Apr 2028
Nikita Posmashny 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 Chaika this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad17 Apr 2028
The manager makes an example of Oleksandr Rosputko
“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 watch17 Apr 2028
Ruslan Cherviakov counts the days
“I watch every Chaika game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Baltika runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Market17 Apr 2028
Chaika buy the years ahead of Nikita Volkov
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.
Market17 Apr 2028
A long bet from Chaika on Gabriele Morselli
He is 18, and nobody at Chaika signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Market17 Apr 2028
Chaika buy the years ahead of Felix Sulemana
He is 19, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Chaika on Gift Mkhize
- Loan watch Decision time nears on Arseny Filev