The Dinamo Barnaul Gazette
Market17 May 2027
Only the photograph left for Savva Kotov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Savva Kotov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Dinamo Barnaul the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad17 May 2027
A row about effort at Dinamo Barnaul
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ivan Zhitnikov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom17 May 2027
114% of the income goes out in wages at Dinamo Barnaul
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 May 2027
Tempers go at Dinamo Barnaul
Anton Shadura 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.
The dugout17 May 2027
A promise honoured for Kirill Mogel
It is not much of a headline and it is the reason players believe the next promise. Dinamo Barnaul told Kirill Mogel something would happen and then it happened, which in this industry passes for remarkable.
The dugout17 May 2027
Nikita Chaly asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market17 May 2027
Vasily Ilik runs his contract down
1 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Dinamo Barnaul money.
The dugout17 May 2027
Artem Sablin has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Dinamo Barnaul will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market17 May 2027
The Nikita Chaly talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Dinamo Barnaul know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- The dugout The manager comes out for Emil Kamilov
- Squad Ivan Erofeev is fit again