The Tver Courier
Market31 May 2027
Vyacheslav Shataev 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 The request is on a desk at Tver, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 May 2027
Kirill Zakharov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Tver they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad31 May 2027
Words exchanged at Tver
Vitaly Bondarev and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad31 May 2027
Words at Tver training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yegor Ponomarev 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.
Boardroom31 May 2027
Wages swallow 92% of the Tver income
Every club 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 it has been tried.
Boardroom31 May 2027
Tver counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Tver now.
The dugout31 May 2027
Roman Kopylov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Tver, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market31 May 2027
Vladislav Korneev linked with a move away
The name of Vladislav Korneev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Tver say nothing, which says plenty.
Market31 May 2027
Tver put Sergey Tormashev up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Sergey Tormashev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- The dugout Kirill Zakharov keeps his manager's vote
- Squad Welcome back, Sergey Magomedov