Maxim Smolov

Defensive Midfielder - Volga U19
20 Aug 2028
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Marked for Maxim Smolov

104 Edition

The Volga Sentinel

24 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Steady

Market24 Jul 2028

Aleksandr Dovgal' 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 The request is on a desk at Volga, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout24 Jul 2028

Artem Vorobjov: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Volga have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Transfer targets24 Jul 2028

The paperwork begins on Vladislav Karapuzov

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Volga have done the hard part with Nizhniy Novgorod, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad24 Jul 2028

Kirill Folmer in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Volga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market24 Jul 2028

Znamya Truda watching Adrian Platon

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Volga have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

Player ratings24 Jul 2028

Yegor Ushakov beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 20. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout24 Jul 2028

The manager makes an example of Ruslan Shagiakhmetov

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match22 Jul 2028

Luka Bagatelia the difference as Volga beat Sokol

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Luka Bagatelia. 1‑0 against Sokol, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad24 Jul 2028

Maxim Smolov out for 16 days

The medical room confirms 16 days on the sidelines for Maxim Smolov, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

In brief

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40 Edition

The Volga Sentinel

3 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Boardroom3 May 2027

Volga spell it out for Vasily Fomin

The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Vasily Fomin has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.

The terraces3 May 2027

Supporters organise against the Volga board

A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.

Match3 May 2027

Volga sink to position 16

28 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.

Squad3 May 2027

19 days out for Maxim Smolov after a fracture

A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Volga will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.

Boardroom3 May 2027

The scrutiny sharpens at Volga

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Volga is running low.

Market3 May 2027

Dmitry Kamenschikov 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 Volga, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout3 May 2027

Kirill Folmer frozen out at Volga

This is not rotation. Kirill Folmer has not been in the manager's plans for some time, and nobody at Volga is pretending otherwise.

Market3 May 2027

Aleksandr Dovgal' has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Volga they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad3 May 2027

Vladislav Yakovlev in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Volga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

39 Edition

The Volga Sentinel

26 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market26 Apr 2027

Kirill Folmer 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 Volga, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Maxim Smolov 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.

Market26 Apr 2027

Only the photograph left for Kirill Folmer

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Kirill Folmer will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Volga the goodbyes have quietly begun.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Kirill Folmer in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Volga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad26 Apr 2027

Words at Volga training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Konstantin Kovalev 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.

The dugout26 Apr 2027

The manager makes an example of Aidar Khabibullin

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad26 Apr 2027

No place for Nicolás Prieto in the new shape

He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Volga are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.

Market26 Apr 2027

The Vladislav Yakovlev talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Volga know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

Market26 Apr 2027

Still no signature from Danil Novikov

2 months left and the two sides are nowhere near each other. Every week this drags on takes money off what Volga could get for him.

In brief