The Dinamo Kirov Gazette
Market9 Apr 2029
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 dugout9 Apr 2029
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.
Squad9 Apr 2029
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.
Squad9 Apr 2029
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 dugout9 Apr 2029
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 dugout9 Apr 2029
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.
Market9 Apr 2029
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 dugout9 Apr 2029
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.
Market9 Apr 2029
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
- Squad Eduard Rybakov wants out of the dugout
- Squad Bilal Bilalov back in training