The Rubin Post
Squad19 Jul 2027
Anderson Arroyo breaks a bone — 72 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 72 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market19 Jul 2027
Jacques Siwe 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 The request is on a desk at Rubin, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match17 Jul 2027
No end in sight to Rubin's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Rubin has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Evgeny Staver 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 Rubin this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Graduation day at Rubin
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Words at Rubin training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ugochukwu Iwu 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.
Match17 Jul 2027
Rubin come up short against Rostov
Rostov left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Ugochukwu Iwu
“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.
Market19 Jul 2027
Rubin promote Daniil Amosov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Daniil Amosov 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 Aleksandr Konstantinov steps up from the Rubin academy
- Market Ivan Lunev steps up from the Rubin academy
- Player ratings Nazmi Gripshi in the eights