The Arsenal Tula Herald
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Edarlyn Reyes runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 46. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Tempers go at Arsenal Tula
Ulrik Saltnes 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Arsenal Tula training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Miloš Brnović 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
No hiding place for Alexandr Melikhov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alexandr Melikhov, and the manager let it.
Match12 Sep 2026
Arsenal Tula come up short against Chelyabinsk
Chelyabinsk left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Arsenal Tula count the cost of losing Nikita Yermoshin
26 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
Doors closed at Arsenal Tula
The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.
Market14 Sep 2026
The Artem Arutyunov conversation is coming
Everyone has stopped pretending: SKA Khabarovsk will make the call about Artem Arutyunov this week. Arsenal Tula have a number in mind, and the number is not shy.
Market14 Sep 2026
A long bet from Arsenal Tula on Evgeny Yakovlev
He is 14, and nobody at Arsenal Tula signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Market Arsenal Tula buy the years ahead of Rodion Bessonov
- Market Arsenal Tula and Nikita Razdorskikh are talking past each other