The KDV Tomsk Herald
Squad7 Aug 2028
131 days out for Alexandr Korotaev after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. KDV Tomsk will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad7 Aug 2028
The knee: Stepan Shestakov out for 18 days
18 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. KDV Tomsk lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
KDV Tomsk told to sell
The instruction came from the boardroom and the dugout did not agree with it. Somebody will go, the fee will be called good business, and the manager will spend the season rebuilding around the space.
Transfer targets7 Aug 2028
Karen Arakelyan is a medical away from KDV Tomsk
The deal with Metallurg is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Maxim Palienko signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Maxim Palienko and KDV Tomsk agree another 2 years.
Squad7 Aug 2028
Tempers go at KDV Tomsk
Maxim Palienko 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.
Boardroom7 Aug 2028
$63.9K from the owner keeps KDV Tomsk afloat
The gap in the accounts was filled from upstairs again. Supporters are entitled to be grateful and to ask what happens the month it is not, and both feelings arrive together.
Transfer targets7 Aug 2028
KDV Tomsk rebuffed over Kirill Popov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Amkar have kept their man, and KDV Tomsk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match5 Aug 2028
KDV Tomsk come up short against Rodina 2
Rodina 2 left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
In brief
- Boardroom Wages swallow 125% of the KDV Tomsk income
- The dugout Ilja Volnov gets it from the manager
- The dugout The view from the dugout