The Khimik Gazette
Squad8 Mar 2027
Arsenio Valpoort stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Arsenio Valpoort and Khimik agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Kirill Gordeev 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.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Words at Khimik training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Arsenio Valpoort 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.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Tikhon Kharlamov joins the Khimik first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Tikhon Kharlamov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
Khimik promote Denis Babkin from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Denis Babkin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Vitaliy Maksimov joins the Khimik first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Vitaliy Maksimov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market8 Mar 2027
One of our own: Danila Lukyanov joins the Khimik first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Danila Lukyanov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
The dugout8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Igor Grishin
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad8 Mar 2027
A season on the outside for Arsenio Valpoort
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Khimik has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
In brief
- The dugout Oleg Trofimov knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager makes Nikita Shulkin a promise
- Match Mid-table, and Khimik know it