The Minsk Courier
Squad12 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Minsk
Konstantin Kuchinskiy 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Ilya Sedro attracts admirers
The name of Ilya Sedro has come up in conversations Minsk were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market12 Feb 2029
Gomel expected to open talks for Ivan Sanko
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Minsk will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Market12 Feb 2029
The Konstantin Kuchinskiy story refuses to die
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Konstantin Kuchinskiy signs something — a contract at Minsk or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market12 Feb 2029
The clock runs on Edoardo Mannino's contract
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Patrick Posch still has not settled
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at Minsk would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
In brief
- Boardroom Minsk keep producing them
- Squad The manager comes out for Alexandr Ksenofontov
- Squad Ivan Pavlov is not doing himself any favours