The Volna Courier
Market30 Apr 2029
Ivan Severjanov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Volna, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad30 Apr 2029
Tempers go at Volna
Ivan Migunov 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.
Squad30 Apr 2029
A row about effort at Volna
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ivan Severjanov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom30 Apr 2029
95% of the income goes out in wages at Volna
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Boardroom30 Apr 2029
Volna can only buy what they sell
Nobody has barred the club from spending; it simply has nothing to spend that it has not first raised. Every incoming name comes with an outgoing one attached.
The dugout30 Apr 2029
Alexandr Volkov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market30 Apr 2029
The Alexandr Volkov talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Volna know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market30 Apr 2029
Maxim Gavrilov runs his contract down
3 months remain and no agreement is close. Every week without a signature costs Volna money.
Market30 Apr 2029
Volna put Alexandr Shashkov up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Alexandr Shashkov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- Squad The training reports on Mikhail Zabotkin are not good
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Ivan Severjanov
- Squad Pavel Ignashevich is fit again