Evgeni Kuznetsov

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19 May 2030
Sunday
Process

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196 Edition

The Chelyabinsk Herald

29 Apr 2030
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

Chelyabinsk sink to position 16

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

Market

Brian Micceli asks to leave Chelyabinsk

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

Tempers go at Chelyabinsk

Alexandr Zhirov 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.

Squad

Words at Chelyabinsk training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brian Micceli 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.

Squad

Konstantin Kertanov 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 Chelyabinsk, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market

Garrik Levin linked with a move away

The name of Garrik Levin keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Chelyabinsk say nothing, which says plenty.

In brief

Back issues
188 Edition

The Chelyabinsk Herald

4 Mar 2030
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Every point is an argument now for Chelyabinsk

Position 16 and 11 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Boardroom

Chelyabinsk put Liam Ellis on notice

The board have said in public what they had been saying in private. Results between now and the next meeting decide it, and everybody in the building knows the arithmetic.

Market

Bulat Gatin 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 The request is on a desk at Chelyabinsk, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Chelyabinsk

Alexandr Zhirov 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.

Squad

Ruslan Baitukov signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ruslan Baitukov commits to Chelyabinsk for another 2 years.

Squad

A month that belonged to Evgeni Kuznetsov

The young player of the month award goes to a 17-year-old at Chelyabinsk who has looked like the finished article for four weekends running. The next four are the ones that decide whether he is.

In brief