The Mashuk Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
A move Jakub Welter would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Jakub Welter is living that version at Mashuk, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Mashuk
Astemir Abazov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match8 Aug 2026
Veles take the points off Mashuk
Beaten 1‑3, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Mashuk rebuffed over Timur Nikolov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Alania have kept their man, and Mashuk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mashuk promote Arseniy Belikov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Arseniy Belikov 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mark Laptev steps up from the Mashuk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mark Laptev has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Dmitriy Dudko steps up from the Mashuk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Dmitriy Dudko has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mashuk promote Yuri Simakov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yuri Simakov 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Mashuk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Zikrula Magomedov 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.
In brief
- Squad Jakub Welter signs on for more
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Rustam Machilov
- The dugout Yaroslav Mikhaylov: “No excuses”