Eduard Rybakov

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Dinamo Kirov
2 May 2029
Wednesday
Process

Marked for Eduard Rybakov

141 Edition

The Dinamo Kirov Gazette

9 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Ivan Veselkov is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Dinamo Kirov is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

The dugout

Ivan Veselkov frozen out at Dinamo Kirov

This is not rotation. Ivan Veselkov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Dinamo Kirov is pretending otherwise.

Squad

Words at Dinamo Kirov training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vladimir Zadiraka 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.

Squad

Words exchanged at Dinamo Kirov

Ivan Berezun and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout

Vladimir Zadiraka knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Kirov, and both men came out saying it was fine.

The dugout

No hiding place for Andrey Savin

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrey Savin, and the manager let it.

Market

Maxim Lauk linked with a move away

The name of Maxim Lauk keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Dinamo Kirov say nothing, which says plenty.

The dugout

Andrey Savin gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Andrey Savin is on it.

Market

The shop window has Ismail Dibirov in it

Dinamo Kirov have let the market know Ismail Dibirov can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

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The Dinamo Kirov Gazette

12 Feb 2029
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Vladimir Zadiraka has said yes to Chernomorets

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Dinamo Kirov have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Market

Ivan Veselkov has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Dinamo Kirov they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

The dugout

Ivan Veselkov frozen out at Dinamo Kirov

This is not rotation. Ivan Veselkov has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Dinamo Kirov is pretending otherwise.

Squad

A falling-out at Dinamo Kirov

Vladimir Zadiraka and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Nikolay Kamaev falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

The dugout

The manager makes an example of Andrey Savin

“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.

The dugout

Timur Bulatsev has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Dinamo Kirov 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.

Market

Maxim Lauk linked with a move away

The name of Maxim Lauk keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Dinamo Kirov say nothing, which says plenty.

Market

Nikolay Kamaev placed on the list

Dinamo Kirov have made Nikolay Kamaev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief