The Metallurg Courier
Squad7 Apr 2031
Evgeniy Shishov breaks a bone — 26 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market7 Apr 2031
Sebastian Lehmann 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 The request is on a desk at Metallurg, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market7 Apr 2031
Nikita Guskov is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Metallurg is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom7 Apr 2031
$143.1K from the owner keeps Metallurg afloat
The gap in the accounts was filled from upstairs again. Supporters are entitled to be grateful and to ask what happens the month it is not, and both feelings arrive together.
Squad7 Apr 2031
Words at Metallurg training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Eddy Khalilzade 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.
Squad7 Apr 2031
A falling-out at Metallurg
Igor Vaisbein and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom7 Apr 2031
Embargo at Metallurg
No fees may be paid for anybody, whatever the squad needs. Every rumour about this club until it lifts is a rumour about a deal that cannot be done.
Market7 Apr 2031
Metallurg and Eddy Khalilzade are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout7 Apr 2031
Alan Sosa knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Alan Sosa trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
In brief
- Market Eddy Khalilzade linked with a move away
- Squad Viktor Savin is put on a programme of his own