The Strogino Post
Squad12 Feb 2029
Ayanda Vete breaks a bone — 68 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 68 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Boardroom12 Feb 2029
Strogino counting the cost
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Strogino now.
Market12 Feb 2029
Aleksandr Babkin 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 The request is on a desk at Strogino, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Tempers go at Strogino
Alexandr Goryachkin 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.
Market12 Feb 2029
Kolomna join the queue for Fedor Starostin
Add another name to the list: Kolomna have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Fedor Starostin. The answer from Strogino has not changed — yet.
Squad12 Feb 2029
Words at Strogino training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alexey Muldarov 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.
In brief
- Squad Ayanda Vete has become a man the manager trusts
- Market The Alexandr Goryachkin story refuses to die
- Market Ruslan Ermakov leaves for nothing
- Boardroom Strogino keep producing them