The Legion Courier
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Legion go back to the board over Maxim Abakumov
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $18.0K — a club that wants Maxim Abakumov enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
The paperwork begins on Sergey Oliynyk
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Legion have done the hard part with Dinamo Vologda, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marek Jaroň signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Marek Jaroň commits to Legion for another 3 years.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Legion make their move for Maxim Abakumov
$16.0K on the table at Tyumen. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Legion
Keegan Hughes 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
A bad afternoon for Legion against Nart
0‑2 to Nart, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market10 Aug 2026
Legion promote Makar Agafonov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Makar Agafonov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
Evgeny Aliyev steps up from the Legion academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Evgeny Aliyev 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
One of our own: Denis Biryukov joins the Legion first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Denis Biryukov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Legion promote Tikhon Rumyantsev from within
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Kirill Gurov
- Squad No place for Marek Jaroň in the new shape