The Arsenal Tula Herald
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Edarlyn Reyes
Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Arsenal Tula make their move for Miro
$1.4M on the table at Dinamo Makhachkala. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Jan Repas rejects the move
Arsenal Tula had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at AEK, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Arsenal Tula
Reziuan Mirzov 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Arsenal Tula
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ramazan Gadjimuradov was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Luka Bocharov joins the Arsenal Tula first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Luka Bocharov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Egor Moiseev joins the Arsenal Tula first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Egor Moiseev is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Artyom Savin steps up from the Arsenal Tula academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Artyom Savin has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
Lev Stepanov steps up from the Arsenal Tula academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Lev Stepanov has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Squad Reziuan Mirzov has outgrown this division
- Match Two points walk out of the ground
- Squad 10 new faces, and Arsenal Tula are still learning each other