The Kaluga Courier
Squad17 Jul 2028
The knee: Amoris Galli out for 19 days
19 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Kaluga lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Market17 Jul 2028
Not going: Amur Balkizov stays at Kaluga
“I know what people will say. I know what I want, and it is here.” Dinamo Bryansk had the fee agreed and the shirt ready; they did not have the player, and now they will not.
Market17 Jul 2028
Amoris Galli has said yes to Angusht
The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Kaluga have lost him in all but the paperwork.
The dugout17 Jul 2028
Zulfiqor Akbarov keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kaluga may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Yegor Smirnov due for a Kaluga medical
Everything agreed with Leningradets, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad17 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Kaluga
Ilja Grischenko 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.
Boardroom17 Jul 2028
Graduation day at Kaluga
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match15 Jul 2028
Still nobody has beaten Kaluga
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Transfer targets17 Jul 2028
Door shut on Sergey Nikolaev
Kaluga asked and Leningradets said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
In brief
- Squad Gleb Bakharev falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Kaluga promote Danila Dmitriev from within
- Market Kaluga promote Alexei Terekhov from within