The Khimik Gazette
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Anton Uboniev: 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.” Khimik have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market19 Jul 2027
Khimik say no — this time
The offer from Rubin Yalta for Daniil Knyazev was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Match17 Jul 2027
Nobody wins at Khimik
11 home matches unbeaten. Visiting sides arrive already talking about the atmosphere, which is usually the sign that they have half-lost before kickoff.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Petros Alekyan due for a Khimik medical
Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Nikita Romanenkov turns down Khimik
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Kirill Myrzakov 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 Khimik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Khimik
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Khimik beat the market to Yegor Yegorov from KDV Tomsk
KDV Tomsk will keep picking him until June and will get nothing for him after it. Yegor Yegorov has pre-agreed a move to Khimik, and the only people who lose in that arrangement are the ones who let the contract run down.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
Khimik rebuffed over Yaroslav Grebenkin
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. SKA Khabarovsk have kept their man, and Khimik go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
In brief
- Squad Vyacheslav Zinkov falls out with a teammate over standards
- The terraces Khimik supporters have found a favourite in Ivan Sutugin
- Market Khimik promote Andrei Glushakov from within