The Akhmat Chronicle
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Giorgi Shelia says Akhmat went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market17 Jul 2028
Oleg Dmitriev 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 The request is on a desk at Akhmat, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Words exchanged at Akhmat
Arsen Adamov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Market17 Jul 2028
Neman join the queue for Brian Mansilla
Add another name to the list: Neman have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Brian Mansilla. The answer from Akhmat has not changed — yet.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Akhmat
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Match15 Jul 2028
Krylya Sovetov take the points off Akhmat
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market17 Jul 2028
One of our own: Aleksey Baranov joins the Akhmat first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Aleksey Baranov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Jul 2028
Kirill Zolotov steps up from the Akhmat academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kirill Zolotov 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.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Maxim Sidorov falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Boardroom Akhmat board go back on their word
- The dugout Manuel Keliano gets it from the manager
- Squad Akhmat are still strangers to each other