The Druzhba Herald
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Druzhba go back to the board over Roman Denisov
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $156.8K — a club that wants Roman Denisov enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Narek Ghasumyan signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Narek Ghasumyan and Druzhba agree another 2 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Druzhba make their move for Roman Denisov
$140.0K on the table at KDV Tomsk. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Druzhba
Tamerlan Khachirov 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Too dear: Druzhba walk away from Maxim Abakumov
$8.0K was the most the club would pay and Tyumen were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Pavel Kuznetsov
Druzhba asked and Shinnik 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 terraces10 Aug 2026
The crowd has taken to Zaid Koblev
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Match8 Aug 2026
Druzhba see off Sochi 2
Three points for Druzhba, 2‑0 the final word against Sochi 2 in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
Druzhba promote Viktor Osipov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Viktor Osipov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Aleksey Sidorov steps up from the Druzhba academy
- Market Druzhba promote Boris Mitin from within
- Market Egor Zimnin steps up from the Druzhba academy