The Spartak Tambov Sentinel
Squad16 Jul 2029
Late improvement for Maxim Levin
At 30 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Spartak Tambov
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Transfer targets16 Jul 2029
Arsenal Tula tell Spartak Tambov: Nikita Shershov is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market16 Jul 2029
Ilya Rusakov steps up from the Spartak Tambov academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ilya Rusakov 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.
Market16 Jul 2029
One of our own: Oleg Bessonov joins the Spartak Tambov first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Oleg Bessonov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market16 Jul 2029
Yuriy Kolmogorov steps up from the Spartak Tambov academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yuriy Kolmogorov 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.
Market16 Jul 2029
Alexey Belkin steps up from the Spartak Tambov academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Alexey Belkin 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.
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
The Spartak Tambov debt reaches $5.4M
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
Boardroom16 Jul 2029
A promise the Spartak Tambov board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- Transfer targets Spartak Tambov try to borrow Aly Tagiev
- Boardroom Spartak Tambov say no to the training-ground money
- Looking ahead Dmitry Kuptsov faces his old club