The Druzhba Herald
Squad17 Jul 2028
A knee injury of the worst kind for Rinat Kankulov
28 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Druzhba lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
The numbers do not look good at Druzhba
Wages have outrun income and the accountants have started attending meetings they used to send apologies to. Ambition comes second in a season like this.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Real improvement from Zaid Koblev at Druzhba
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Zaid Koblev is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Raid Bikmukhametov keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Druzhba may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
Graduation day at Druzhba
6 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Jamel Beggs 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.
Match15 Jul 2028
A bad afternoon for Druzhba against Kuban Holding
1‑2 to Kuban Holding, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market17 Jul 2028
One of our own: Rostislav Merzlyakov joins the Druzhba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rostislav Merzlyakov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Jul 2028
One of our own: Igor Guryev joins the Druzhba first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Igor Guryev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Luka Martynov joins the Druzhba first team
- Market Druzhba promote Foma Yefimov from within
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Zaid Koblev